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THE RECORD SOCIETY 



^ublicatian of $rig;iital BatumcntEi 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. 



VOLUME XXX. 



J896. 



COUNCIL FOR Z893-4. 



R. C. CHRISTIE. M.A., late Chancellor of the Diocese of Manch ester, i?/^j^», Bagshot. 
Surrey^ President. 

Thb Hon. and Rev. ,G. T. O. BRIDGEMAN, M.A.. Hon. Canon of Liverpool, The 
HiUlf IVtgan, Vice-Presidknt. ' 

LiEUT.-CoL. HENRY KISHWICK, F.S.A., The HeighU, Rochdale, Vict-PRESiDENT. 

Sir henry H. HOWORTH. K.I.E., M.P., F.S.A., 30, CoUingham Place, EarFs Court 
LondoHy W., Vice-President. 

G. E. COKAYNE, M.A., F.S.A., Norroy King of Arras. Heralds College. London, EjC. 

W. ECROYD, Lomeshaye, Nelson. Lancashire. 

Major JOHN PARKER. Bro^vsholme, Whitewell^Clitheroe. 

The Rev. J. H. STANNING, M.A.. The Vicarage, Leigh, Lancashire. 

HENRY TAYLOR, F.S.A., Curzon Park, Chester. 

JOHN PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A., Heather Lea, 'Charlesville, Birkenhead, Hon. 
Trsasurbr. 

Wm. FERGUSSON IRVINF, 18. Devonshire Road, Claughton, Cheshire, Hon. 
Secretary. 



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It is with considerable diffidence that I have taken up the 
task of completing the editing of this volume, upon which the 
late Mr. Earwaker was engaged at the time of his death. 
The completion of a half-finished work is always attended 
with difficulties, and this has been no exception to the rule. 
Mr. Earwaker had done little more than arrange the tran- 
scripts of the first 157 pages of this volume, having in a few 
instances added those footnotes which he alone was capable 
of making, and which, if he had been able to complete, would 
have made this collection of Wills so much more useful and 
interesting than they will be as now presented to the mem- 
bers. Wherever these notes existed they have been printed, 
and the fact of their authorship indicated by the addition of 
J. P. E. in brackets. 

One of the main difficulties to be contended with has been 
that I have had to deal with copies and not with originals, 
and in some instances these transcripts have evidently been 
made by a copyist not skilled in mediaeval Latin, with the 
result that occasionally it has been necessary to print an 
apparently unintelligible passage, and in some cases the 
transcriber has placed marks of contractions where they are 
not needed, or written down wrong cases and tenses. My 
first impulse was to correct these so far as possible, but on 
consulting with some of the other members of the Council, it 
was decided to print the transcripts exactly as they had come 
into our hands, as it would be impossible to decide which 
were errors of the mediaeval and which of the Victorian scribe. 
For the accuracy of the transcripts of the Wills in the rest of 
the volume (p. 158 onwards) I can vouch, as here I had the 
advantage of the originals or contemporary copies. 

Except when otherwise stated, all the Wills printed in the 
Appendix are from The Bishop's Enrollment Books, now at 
The Diocesan Registry, Chester. 



CwdetUs* 



Thomas de Macclesfield, 1301 i 

Richard Hul, 1349 3 

Hugh de Aldersey, 1354 4 

Jordan de Macclesfield, 1356 5 

Randle Whytlof, 1361 5 

Roger de Swettenham, 1366 j 

Matthew DE Haydock, 1394 g 

Peter DE Swettenham, 1408 g 

Roger Jodrell, 1423 ,0 

Geoffrey Massey, Knight, 1456 ,2 

N-^ALPH STAVELEY, 1456 ... ,^ 

John Huntingdon, Warden of Manchester, 1458 17 

Ralph Brayen, of Spurstow, 1475 19 

Isabella Mapleton, 1483 ao 

Richard Leigh, of High Leigh, 1484 21 

Richard Leigh, of High Leigh, 1485 21 

Thomas Leigh, of High Leigh, 1485 22 

John Hulton, of Farnworth, i486 23 

Matthew Leigh, of Swinehead, 1512 27 

George Atherton, of Atherton, 1513 29 

William Swettenham, of Somerford Booths, 1 52 1 ^o 

Piers Leigh, of Lyme, Knight and Priest, 1521 31 

Piers Leigh, of Lyme, Knight and Priest, 1522 ^ 

Piers Leigh, of Lyme, Knight and Priest, 1522 36 

Thomas Davenport, of Wilmslow, 1523 40 

Richard Sutton, Knight, 1524 41 

John Stanley, of Handford, Knight, 1527 46 

Robert Langley, of Agecroft, 1528 62 

Nicholas Jodrell, of Yeardsiey, 1528 ... 5^ 

John Aldersay, of Spurstow, 1528 66 

Roger Jodrell, of Yeardsiey, 1529 68 

William Clifton, of Westby Hall in Kirkham, 1537 70 

Piers Leigh, of Bradley, 1539 7^ 

John Booth, Archdeacon of Hereford, 1542 ... 77 

Richard RowE, of Macclesfield, 1542 78 

Roger Jodrell, of Yeardsiey, 1547 80 

Ellen Jodrell, of Yeardsiey, 1548 82 

Thomas Tr AFFORD, of Bridge Trafford, 1548 84 

David ap Gruffith ap Llewellen, of Gwesany, 1548 gy 

Richard Leigh, of Swinehead, 1551 , 88 

John Davye, of Mold, 1558 89 



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Joan Leigh, of Swinehead, 1558 90 

Richard Leigh, of High Leigh, 1560 91 

Thomas Shacklockb, of Moston, 1570 94 

John Atherton, of Atherton, Knight, 1573 96 

Thomas Aw arte, of Walton-in-le- Dale, 1573 96 

Dame Jane Gerard, 1575 98 

John Aldersay, of Spurstow, 1581 100 

Richard Leigh, of Swinehead, 1582 ... 103 

Jane Leigh, of Swinehead, 1585 103 

Richard Tipping, of Manchester, 1588 104 

John Massie, of Coddington, 1591 106 

Eleanor Hitchen, of Handley, 1591 107 

Henry Moss, of Brockhurst in Pinnington, 1597 108 

Thomas Clayton, 1601 no 

Edward Leigh, of Hallam, 1606 112 

Elizabeth Swettenham, of Hurdsfield, 1608 118 

William Leche, of Chester, 1614 119 

Robert Mather, of Westleigh, 1617 121 

Henry Nutter, «/wj Parker, of Carrhale, 1617 122 

Richard Leigh, of Swinehead, 1618 123 

Alice Orte, of Walton-in-le-Dale, 1620 ... ... ... ... ... 124 

Thomas Leigh, of Hallam, 1623 125 

Margerie Higson, of Whitegate, 1623 127 

JoifN Clayton, of Little Harwood, 1625 128 

Gilbert Ireland, of the Hutt, Knight, 1626 130 

Ralph Clayton, of London, 1626 * ; 133 

Richard TwissE, of Ashton-in-Makerfield, 1629 134 

Dorothy Helsby, of Chorlton, 1641 135 

Thomas MouLSON, of Wheelock, 1648 136 

Mary Aldersby, of Foulk Stapleford, 1675 140 

John Partington, of Manchester, 1677 142 

Richard Sharples, of Little Lever, 1678 144 

Mary Travers, of Horton, 1684 147 

Elizabeth Chantrell, of Warrington, 1689 148 

Catherine Leigh, of Warrington, 1693 149 

Alice Billinge, of Euxton, 1724 150 

Peter Shaw, of Leyland, 1733 151 

Jane Aldersey, of Spurstow, 1742 152 

Ellen Crouchley, of Preston, 1746 153 

Thomas Leigh, of Stoke, 1749 « 154 

Anna Maria Leigh, of Rostherne, 1752 156 



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John Ireland, of Hale, Knight, 141 1 
Ralph Haselhurst, of Golborne, 15 12 
Robert New all, of Northwich, 15 19 r 
Thomas Cooke, of Eastham, 1520 
Dame Anne Molyneux, of Sefton, 1520 
Margery Deane, of Bowden, 1521 ... 
Randle Pickmbre, of Middlewich, 1525 
Thomas H award, of Neston, 1525 ... 
Ottiwell Houghton, of Ormskirk, 1527 
Thomas Witter, of Tarporley, 1528 ... 
Charles France, of AspuU, 1530 
Thomas Ball, of Boughton, 1530 
Katherine Browne, of Chester, 1544 
Thomas Croxton, of Ravenscroft, 1544 
John Hockenhull, of Hockenhull, 1546 
Matthew Ellis, of Chester, 1547 

Robert Birkhead, 1549 

John Whitmore, of Thurstaston, 1553 
Ralph HocKENrtULL, of Shotwick, 1556 
Roger Mason, of Huyton, 1557 

Adam Bank, of Wigan, 1557 

Richard Hals all, of WJiiston, 1557 ... 
William Bradshaw, of Aspull, 1558 ... 
James Benet, of Thornton-le- Moors, 1559 
John Grice, of Bromborough, 1560 
Ralph Bostock, of Chester, 1560 
Robert Langley, of Agecroft, Knight, 1561 
William Hockenhull, of Prenton, 1563 
Roger Glegg, of Grange, 1564 
Henry Bedford, of Liverpool, 1568 ... 
Thomas Browne, of Iloole. 1572 
William Massey, of Puddington, 1579 





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Thomas Dan vers the Elder, of Bradley, 1354-5 
Thomas Dan vers, of Tabley, Knight, 1383 ... 

Dame Katherine Danyers, 1417 

Thomas Danyers, of Tabley, 1432 

Thomas Danyers, or Daniel, of Tabley, 1494-5 

Piers Daniell, of Tabley, 1522 

Gilbert Scarisbrick, of Scarisbrick, 1359 ... 

Thomas de Lathum, 1369 

John Bold, of Bold, Knight, 1407 





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line 7, for testament read testament. 
9, for scorf read sco^. 

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Angt q*ndo tre mee quas heo de eort ii«c, 

ostendi et aia mea missis et oraffiib} comendari qd vt q3 fres 
minores et ^dicatores hent 20® ad eorf pitancia lego et volo 
etia qd honesta pticipaco fiat p me die sepulture mee aut de 
lardario meo aut aliunde lego etia Milicent vxi mee oes terr 
de MaccHsfeud cu le Bothefeld ad to? vi? sua vna cu Red- 
dit a§§ de Macclisf ita qd de heredi? sua pp^a faceat libitu 



^ For a particulars of the family of Macclesfield, of which this Thomas is the 
earliest recorded member, see JSast Cheshire, Vol. ii., p, 165, and also p, 478. 
^ Now called Maelor Sarsneck or English Maelor [J. P. E.]. 

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NOT NOW TO BE FOUND IN ANY PROBATE COURT. 



Cfee Wiill of Cftomasf ire iWatdestfieRi, 
tiatelr laoi^ ^robelr i303* 

In noie pris et filij et spiri? sci amen Die Jouis in vigt bti 

Thorn apli A® [M] tcentesimo p'mo [20*** December 1301]^ 

Ego Thorn de Macclisfeud Condo testament meu in hunc modu. 

In p'mis lego aiam mea Deo et beat Marie vgini et oib^ scis. 

Et corpus meu ad sepiliend in ecctia oiih swrf de Macclisfeud 

cora Altar fete v^ginis ex pte vbi Ric fit meus iacet. Et corf 

corpe meo meliore equu meu noie p'cipalis. Lego opi eccte de 

Macclisfeud vnu auiu Jumore bonu et opi eccte de Lichefeld 

ij®. Itm lego frib^ minorib^ Cestr 40® et frib® ^dicatorib^ ibdm 

40^. Et fribs minorib** de Sallopia 40*. Et fribs ^dicatorib^ 

ibid 40®. Et frib^ de Monte Carmet Cestr dj mc. Itm lego fri 

Ric. Andreu 20^ Et fri Rofeto filio meo 40^ Ista lagata frib® 

bene possuit levari de bonis et debit meis apud Overton et 

Meleor sey scneyk^ et amplius lego et volo qd in caplo genJali 

Angt q*ndo tre mee quas lieo de eorf fraternitaf Debent 

ostendi et aia mea missis et oraffiib} comendari qd vt q} fres 

minores et ^dicatores hent 20^ ad eorf pitancia lego et volo 

etia qd honesta pticipaco fiat p me die sepulture mee aut de 

lardario meo aut aliunde lego etia Milicent vxi mee oes terr 

de Macclisfeud cu le Bothefeld ad to? vi? sua vna cu Red- 

dit aSs de Macclisf ita qd de heredi? sua pp*a faceat libitu 



^ For a particulars of the family of Macclesfield, of which this Thomas is the 
earliest recorded member, see JSas^ Cheshire, Vol. ii., p, 165, and also^ 478. 
^ Now called Maelor Sarsneck or English Maelor Q. P. E.]. 

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2 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

suu volo etia qd ipa hea? terr de halleleg et de ambab^ hur- 
desfeld dum continent et sine viro vixerit et qd nichil interim 
clamar possit de alijs terr et ten? n*' in Wallia n^ alibi lego 
etia eid Milicen? oia vtensilia mea domus et alia iocalia mea 
saluis Ro§ filio meo duab' ollis eueis vna pelve cu lavatoria 
duab* mappis cu Mauntgijs et vna macera cu pede. Et qd 
dca Milicent inveniat vn vestimenf ad altare beate Marie 
valde ydoneu cuius casula^ et parure cu stola erunt de auro 
context^ in quo Cappellan* ibid celebrans possit honestius 
beate virgift deservire et corpus xpi conficere quol die sabbati 
lego etia eid Miliscent vxi mee i6 boues de meliorib* 20 vaccas 
de meliorib^ et 100 bidentes masclos vel femellos p libitu sue 
eligendos et duos affros lego etia Isabelle filie mee 2q" vna 
cu blado in terr semina? apud Gouzeworthe. Ita qd heat 
ibid semen et forigiu p terr sua p seminand ?pe quadragesi- 
mat lego etia eid pullauu meu reveli' qui est apud Overton 
lego etia Milicent de Davenport 6 boues 6 vacc et 6 auia 
iuniora 20 bidentes 10 pore et 2 Jumenca cu secta quarf i 
est in foresta et alia in pco lego etia Jordano filio meo 10 
boues qui sunt apud Mottram cu blado et foragio ibid exis- 
tentib* set qd bidentes de Stanleg ^ possint sustentari de feno 
ibid existen? hoc hyeme lego etia eid Jurdano i pullauu bay 
qui est in pco lego etia trib* pueris Cecillie filie mee 6 vaccas 
et 12 Juuencule vna cu 6 marcis quas eisd debeo, et alijs 
catallis suis que p'us herunt lego magistro Johe fri meo pul- 
lauu meum bay qui est apud Overton et aliu equu ferrat qui 
est ibid lego etia seruic be Marie vnu auiu ydoneu. Itrn 

^ Query for capsula, a case or covering into which anything is put [J. P. E.]. I 
am, however, indebted to Dr. Jessop for the following explanation of this passage, 
he writes : ** The Casula is undoubtedly the Chasuble, the word is frequently used 
in that sense ; parure is the ordinary French word for a robe, and is now and then 
used in the ioitm. parura, for any dress in Mediaeval Latin, in this instance it must, 
I think, mean the Dalmatic, which got to be a very splendid garment in the 13th 
and 14th centuries. When the bishop or priest lifted his hands for ministrations 
at the altar or in blessing the people, he of course raised the sides of the sleeve- 
less chasuble, and so exposed to view the Dalmatic that was under it. These 
dalmatics were often very splendid. 

Millicent was to provide a suit of vestments, the stole, dalmatic, and chasuble 
being all of cloth of gold" [W. F. I.]. 

^ Query roueft = roan. 

^ Query Stauleg [J. P. E.]. The Macclesfields owned the township of Stave- 
legh, or Stayley as it is now written, at this time. 



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WILL OF RICJiARD HUL. 3 

recluse de Macclisfeud 40*. Itm dno Ad decano de Mac- 
clisf. I vacc. Itm cuit capplo pochiali istius Decanatus 6d. 
Itm cuit de pueris Robti de Staueleg ^ i averiu ydoneu. Itm 
Thorn de hegham 20^ Witto de Rauenok 2 boues et 2 vacc 
et 2 aula iuniora et Robam de russet. Itm Rico fri meo i 
boue et i vacc et i auia iuniorem et vna de rob meis s. 
suptunica de virid cu tunica ptinent Itm Ad fri meo i boue 
I vacc et vn averia iuniore cu alijs catallis que het de me 
et Condono ei debitu in q® m^ tene?. Itm Thome de Tyde- 
rinton 4 vaccas 4 aueria iunior et roba mea nova. Itm 
Emme ancille mee 2®. Et si quid de bonis meis residuu 
fuerit in distincte legatu volo qd executores mei inde facient 
et ordinent scdm qd ad salute aie mee melius viderint expe- 
dire, huius autem testamenti mei ordino et constituo execu- 
tores meos subscriptos vitt magistru Johem frem meu magis- 
tru Jordan fit meu Milicent uxem mea Adam Byran Rog 
fit meu et Wiitm de Rauenok q'b^ oib^ et singulis do et 
Concedo plena libam potestatem administrandi in oib** bonis 
meis sicut ego p]sens essem in cuius rei testimoniu pjsenti 
scripto sigilt meu apposui et sigiit executory meorf apponi 
pcuraui. 

Die mlcurij pSc p* festu sci hillar A^ Dfii 1302^ cora nobis 
Offic Dni Archidi Cestr plsens pbatu extitit testamentu et 
Concessa est administraco in forma Constitucois magistro J. 
de Vpton Magro Jordano fit dci defuncti Rog^o fit eiusd Ad 
Byran et Witto de Rauenok executor in testamento noiatis 
Ita qd Milisand vx dci defuncti sit eisd supintend et iuxta 
eorf conciliu cofhune faciat ea que de bonis testatoris supMci. 



aaatU of ^Rirlijarli l&ul, batfli 1349^^ 

In dei nomine Amen, Die Sabbathi p* fm Translacois 
Sci Thomae Martyris [ii***July] A° Dili 1349. Ego Ricus 



^ In I Edward I. [1272-3] Thomas de Macclesfeld as Lord of Stavelegh re- 
mitted to Robert de Stavelegh^ in marriage with Dionysia his daughter, certain 
annual rent, which he was wont to pay for lands in Stavelegh. — East Cheshire^ 
Vol. ii.,/. 165. 

2 17^^ January 1302/3. 

^ Baronagium Cestrice, p, 259d, penes me Q. P. E.]. 

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4 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Hul Condo Testamentu meu in hunc modum. Imprimis Lego 
Anima mea Deo et btae Mariae et omnibus Scis et Corpus meu 
ad sepeliendum in Cimiterio b?ae Mariae sup montem Ces- 
triae iuxta Castrii Cestr. Item Lego Margaretae et Luciae 
filiabus meis ilia Domu qua emi de Robto fre meo inquarera 
in Honebrug et unu selionem et Dimidiu selionem quos emi 
a Dno Symone de Monialib} viz. Predcis Margaretae et Luciae 
et eor hered de Corpibus eorum procreaf. Et si Decedant 
sine herede de eorum Corporibus legitime procreaE tunc lego 
predcam Domu et Dcos Selione et Dimidiu cu ptift Agneti 
ux meae et Assig suis. Item lego Agneti uxor meae totu 
Tentum in fforgatestreete ad tota vita predcae Agnetis Quod 
quid tefitum Yourd frater mens Legavit mihi et Dcae Agneti 
ux meae ad tota vitam nram et cuilibet nrum diutius vixerit. 
Item lego predict Tefttum post mortem nram Johi W° et 
Rofcto filijs nris equaliter se dividend. Item lego totu redditu 
oium bonoru meorf &c. [szc]. 



Cfte WLill of ^uffb iie aUrerstep, Hateli 1354^^ 

In the name of God, Amen, I Hugh de Aldresey^ on 
Sunday next after the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle 
[June 15] A.D. 1354, being in good memory make my testa- 
ment in manner following. Imprimis I bequeath my soul to 
God, and my body to be buried in the church of St. Mary of 
Codyntun, and to the Rector of the church of Codyntun for 
licence for my body to be buried there 2s. I bequeath to Sir 
[dfio] Thomas, parochial chaplain, 2s, and to Philip the clerk 
1 2d. I bequeath to Hugh de Aytun le Crope fem' one place 
of meadow to me 

The residue of my goods, my debts and legacies being 
paid, to my wife and my son, and to see this testament ful- 
filled and faithfully performed I make and constitute Hugh 



^ A translation from the original among the Aldersey Deeds (J. P. E.], 

^ For a pedigree of the Alderseys of Aldersey, see Omierod {Helsby)^ Vol. ii., 

P' 739. 



THE WILL OF RANDLE WHYTLOF. 5 

de Ledsam and my wife my executors. In testimony of 

which thing I have placed my seal. Given the day and place 

abovesaid. 

[Seal gone.] 



€f)t WBm of Sorlian ire iHaaltstttellr, tiateti 1356. 

In Dei noie Amen Ego Jordan^ de Macclesfeld ^ A® Dfti 
1356 condo test in hunc modu Imp^ lego aia mea deo &c. 
Itm lego Dflo Rico Pigott sextiu libru decretaliu.^ Itm 
lego Jolii fit meo oes alios libros meos et vn Calice et duo 
coclearia et vii ciphu argenteu cum longo pede et cooptorio 
et vii ciphu argenteu anglice Godet Ma'garete fit mee. Itfh 
lego Milesencie fit mee vn ciphu argen?. Itm lego Marione 
fit mee vii ciphu arge?. Et ad execute istius tesE ordio 
pdcu Johem meu executore. 



€l)t mim of Dannie aaabptlof, HateH 1361.3 

Will of Randle Whytlof made the Thursday next after 
the feast of St. Edward the Bishop,* 1361. 

His body to be buried in the church of Prestbury. He 
leaves to Margaret his wife all his lands &c in Macclesfield, 
and after her decease that place of land which he had by the 
gift and feoffment of John the son of Jordan de Macclesfield, 
lying between the land of John Hayneson on the one part, 



^ Jordan de Macclesfield was a younger son of Thomas de Macclesfield, whose 
will is printed on page I. He succeeded to the property before 13 12, on the death 
of his brother Roger. His Inquisitio post mortem was taken in 1356. He had 
three sons and three daughters, John, his second son, who is mentioned above, died 
in 1369 without issue, whereupon the property passed to Richard de Moreton, son 
of his sister Margaret, who had married John de Moreton. East Cheshire^ Vol. 
ii.,/. 478. 

^ The Book of the Decretals of Sextius. 

^ Cotton MSS. (Brit. Mus.), Cleopatra, Dvj, /I 114. 

* In Sir Harris Nicholas' list of saints' days this feast does not appear. 



N 



6 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

and the land of John del Whyk on the other part, to Adam 
his son and his heirs under this condition, that if Adam 
marries Alicia le Flecher then the said place of land shall 
pass to William brother of the said Adam, and if Adam 
die without heirs, then the place to remain to the said 
William. And if William die without heirs then to Rich- 
ard brother of the said William and his heirs, and in case 
of default, then to revert to the right heirs of the said 
Randle. And for the half of the burgage which he had 
of the feoffment of John de Sutton and others in Maccles- 
field, lying between the half of a burgage of Alexander 
le Mercer's of the one part and the common bakehouse 
[/urnu7n] of the other part, And that curtilage in Maccles- 
field which lies between the curtilage which Reginald le 
Barker formerly held on the one part, and the land of John 
the son of Robert de Oclegh of the other part, And that 
place of his land with a certain Grainge in Macclesfield in 
" le dedestrete " which he had of the feoffment of Agnes le 
Sumnor, And a certain annual rent of 2^ arising from 
the heirs of Alice de Hagerstowe, to William his son and 
his heirs, with remainder as aforesaid. And that acre of 
land which is called Daleacre lying between the land of 
Richard del Rowe of the one part, and the way which 
leads to the mill of Tydrynton of the other part, and that 
little place of land which he had by demise of the Lord 
near " le Mothall " in Macclesfield which pays to the Lord 
8^ per annum. And that half burgage with a little place 
of land adjacent which we had by the feoffment of John 
the son of Jordan de Macclesfield, lying between the land 
of William del Dounes of Shryglegh of the one part, and 
the King's high way of the other part, to Richard his son 
and his heirs, with remainder as before. And he leaves to 
William his son two marks of silver coming from Roger 
de Falymbrom. And he leaves to the Brothers of Weryn- 
ton half a mark " unam duodenam ferri et duas duodenas 
pergameni." To the Blessed Mary of Prestbury half a mark. 
To the Blessed Mary of Macclesfield 2s. To the Blessed 
Katherine of Macclesfield I2d. And to the altar of thcs^- 
Holy Trinity there I2d. And to the new altar there I2d. 
To St. Peter of Prestbury 2s. To the Blessed Margaret of 



THE WILL OF ROGER DE SWETENHAM. 7 

Macclesfield 6d. And to the Blessed Mary Magdalen there 
6d. To the Blessed Katherine of Prestbury I2d. And in 
lights for his body 61bs. of wax of the price of 6s. And to 
the fraternity {ft^nitatt] of St. Cedde 3^. To the Blessed 
Mary of Coventry 3^. To St. John of Chester 3<*. And to 
distribute for his soul and all Christian souls 13s. 4d. And 
in oblations on the day of his burial 2s. And to the build- 
ing of Wolmesbrug I2d. To Henry the clerk 3s. 4d. To 
Alice Wadylof his niece or handmaid \ancille\ 3s. 4d. And 
for two Trental of Masses 5s. To the Carmelites of Chester 
2s. To the Friars minor there 2s. To the Friars preachers 
there 2s. To the Friars preachers of the Castell 2s. To 
Alice his daughter 20s. To Anker de Stopport 4^. And 
to the chaplain to celebrate mass for half a year 2 marks 
and 10'. 

The residue of his goods to his wife, and he constitutes 
William le Povere and Margaret his wife his executors. 



Ct)t SiaaiU of i^offer Ire ^inetenftam, Iratetr la^e^^ 

In the name of God, Amen, I Roger de Swetenham^ 
on Tuesday next after the feast of the Apostles Peter and 
Paul [June 30] A.D. 1366, make my testament in this manner. 
Imprimis I leave my soul to God and the Blessed Mary, and 
my body to be buried where God shall provide, and for the 
name of my principal my best beast or 13s. 4d. Item I leave 
to the belltower \Campanili\ of Astbury 13s. 4d. Item to 
the Brothers Minor of Chester, and the Brothers of Mount 
Carmel in Chester, and the Brothers of Werington, and 
the Brothers of Newcastle, each 30s. 3d. I leave to Alice 
my daughter, by the oversight of Thomas de Dauenport 
and John de Dauenport and her relations, 20 marks of silver. 
Item I leave all the residue of all my goods to Cecily my 
wife, and Thomas my son and Randle my son, according 



^ Swettenham Chartulary, written c, 1636, /. 30 (J. P. E.]. 

^ Of Somerford Booths. See pedigree. East Cheshire , Vol. ii., /. 646. 



8 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

to their good carriage, by the oversight of the said Thomas 
and John and my kindred \J>arentam meor(]. 

And to see this my testament faithfully executed, I 
ordain, make, and constitute Cecily my wife and Thomas 
my son my executors. 



€f)t WLiU Df i)flattf)eU) lie 1&a())»)lt^ tatt^ 1394*^ 

In the name of God Amen. 

On the Monday next following the feast of the Holy 
Trinity [15*^ June] in the year of our Lord one thousand 
three hundred and ninety-four. I Mathew de Haydok,^ being 
of sound memory though weak in body, do duly make my 
testament in this manner : 

First I bequeath my soul to God, to the Blessed Mary 
and all his Saints and my body to be buried in the con- 
ventual church of the friars of the order of Carmelites of 
the convent at London. 

Next I bequeath my best beast by way of principal on 
the day of my burial and all and several my other goods 
moveable and immoveable, wheresoever they be, to the sole 
direction and disposition of my beloved brother Gilbert de 
Haydok, lord of Haydok, and Edmund de Standish my 
cousin. 

Moreover I make and appoint as executors of this my 
last will or testament my well-beloved in Christ Robert de 
Wodecroft and Thomas de Birkedale, my executors by the 
supervision of the aforesaid Gilbert and Edmund. 

In witness whereof I attached my seal to these presents. 

Given on the day and year of our Lord aforesaid. 



1 A translation from the original among the Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No. i, 
[J. P. E.]. 

^ Matthew de Haydock was a brother of Gilbert de Haydock, Lord of Hay- ( 

dock, whose name occurs frequently in deeds about this time. Vide Gregson's j 

Fragments (Harland's Edition)//. 100, 104, 106, 108. 



THE WILL OF PETER DE SWETTENHAM. 9 

(At the bottom of the will is written in Latin) 

My lord has approved [?] this present will but because 
the executors of the same are in London, my 
lord wishes that you in his stead should grant 
administration of goods to the executors when 
they come. 

Hallum. 

To Master John Lynton 
Registrar of the Court of Canterbury 

The probate of the will is attached to it. 

By the tenour of these presents we John Lynton 
commissary general of the reverend father in 
Christ and lord William, by the grace of God 
lord x\rchblshop of Canterbury, primate of all 
England and legate of the Apostolic See. 



Wbt Wiill of ^eter tit ^toettenl^am, iiateir i4o8^i 

In the name of God, Amen, the 14 Sept. 1408. I Peter 
de Swetenham^ made my testament in this manner. 

Imprimis I leave my soul to God Almighty, the Blessed 
Mary, and all the Saints, and my body to be buried in the 
territory [territio ^] of Astbery. I leave my best beast [to go] 
before my body in the name of my principal [mortuary]. I 
leave to be burnt in wax about my body the day of my burial 
5'*. I leave in oflferings I2d. I leave to Roger de Swetenham 
my little son [filiolo meo] onQ acre and three roods of land 
which I had of the gift of Roger de Swetenham, my 
brother. 

Item I leave all the residue of all my goods not be- 
queathed to Agnes my wife. And to see this testament 



^ Swettenham Chartulary^ p, 28 [J. P. E.]. 

* A brother of Roger de Swettenham whose will is printed /. 7. Vide Note 2 
on that page. 

' Query cimiterio [W. F. L], 



lO LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

well and faithfully performed I constitute Agnes my wife 
and Roger Swetenham my executors. 

17 Dec. 1408. This testament was proved before 
the Dean of Middlewich in the church of Ast- 
bery, and administration granted to the execu- 
tors. 



€t)t Wlill i)f ^o^tr 3o^vtlU <!5sfqM liattli 1423*^ 

In the name of God, Amen. I Roger JoudrelP Esquire 
being of sound mind but weak in body and seeing the danger 
of my decease do make my Will in this form. First I 
bequeath my soul to God the Blessed Mary and all his Saints 
and my body to be buried in the Chancel of the Church of 
Tackessale. Also I leave my best beast before my body in 
the name of a principal. Also I give to be expended about 
my body on the day of my burial so much as to my execu- 
tors shall seem fit. 

Also I leave to Nicholas del Sherd my servant lo shillings 
of silver. Also I leave to the same Nicholas one green coat 
and another with a hood of the same cloth. Also to the 
same Nicholas one bay market horse marked with a horse 
shoe upon the hip in the land of Gower londes. Also I 
bequeath all the armour of my body to James my son. Also 
to Roger my son an helmet fastened with silver, also to John 
my son a skullcap inlaid with silver. Also I bequeath to 
William my son my silver collar. Also I bequeath to Nicho- 
las my son one horse or a stag, the best next after the one 
chosen for the principal. Also to Ralph my son one other 
horse or stag in the same manner and form. Also I leave to 



^ A translation from the original among the Jodrell papers Q. P. E.]. 

^ Roger Jodrell, of Yeardsley in the County of Chester, Esquire. Eldest son 
of William Jodrell, by his wife Agnes, daughter of Robert de Bradshaw. Roger 
Jodrell served in Ireland under Richard the Second, and afterwards fought at 
Agincourt. He married twice, first, Alice, daughter of Robert de Thornton, a 
citizen of York, by whom he does not appear to have had any children, and on her 
death about 1400 Joan, probably daughter of Benedict de Assheton of Whalley, 
who survived him. Vtde East Cheshire^ Vol. ii., /. 538, 






THE WILL OF ROGER JODRELL. II 

Joan my wife all my Jewells. Also I leave to a priest to 
celebrate mass for the salvation of my soul a reasonable 
salary for a year or a half a year as to my executors shall 
best seem expedient. 

Also I bequeath to Anne my daughter a book called 
" Sidrac." Also I bequeath to Alice my daughter a book 
called " Porthouse." Also to Margaret my daughter a Psalter. 
Also I bequeath all the residue of my goods (my body being 
buried debts paid) equally to be divided between Joan my 
wife and all my children except George^ my son and my 
married daughters by the disposition of my executors. Also 
I leave to Oliver my son one " fisshe bote " in the land of 
Gower. • Also I leave to the church of Tacckessale one gar- 
ment of worsted to make a vestment. Also to Roger my son 
one doublet of green damask. Also I leave to Joan my wife 
a gown furred with white. Also I leave to Nicholas del Sherd 
one doublet of black velvet. 

And that this my will maybe well and faithfully executed 
I make ordain and appoint William my son and the aforesaid 
Nicholas del Sherd my executors. 

Dated at Irdesley on Monday next after the feast of St. 
Michael the Archangel in the year of our Lord 1423 [Oct 
4, 1423]. 

This will was entered and lawfully proved before the 
Dean of Macclesfield in the Chapel of the same 
on the ninth day of the month of November the 
year within written, And administration of all 
the goods of the within named deceased was 
granted to the Executors named in the testament 
in the form as of right. In witness whereof to 
these presents I have put my Seal of Office. 

Dated day and year above written. 



^ George was his eldest son, and married, in or before 1417, Matilda, daughter 
of John Sutton, of Sutton, Co. Chester. 



12 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



€f)t man of Mr (^eoffrep iHasttp, Unt., 

In the name of the blesset trinite Amen The first day of 
Marche In the yere of our lord Ifeu crist a thousand faur 
hundredth & LVI. I Geffrey Mascy* Knyght beyng hoU in 
body & myghty of mynde make my testament in this mafl. 
In the firste I bewethe my saule to all myghty god and to 
oure ladye saynt Mary & to al the halowes of heven & my 
body to be buryet in a newe chapelle wheche I have made in 
the south side of the chauncell of the pessh chirche of oure 
lady saynt Mary at Eccles Also I bewhethe my best beest 
in the name of my p'ncipall : Also I bewhethe xij white 
gounes to xij por men to bere xij torches bifor & aboute my 
body the day of my burynes ; also I bewhethe XLs. to distri- 
bute ymong por peple the day of my burynes or hastely aft 
by the avyse of myne executor®. Also I bewhethe to the 
erecton fundaffin ordennce & makyng of the chauntre of a 
p'ist to sing for ev in the said newe chapell XL^ & that to be 
ordeignet & made accordyng to a will by me afor this tyme 
so made by endetur under the seall of myne armes of Tatton 
except y' shall be first in the said fundaffin namet such p'son 
or p'sons assemes to Rauf Longley p'son of Prestwiche 
Mar^y my wyfe John my son & to myne executor® & then to 
Geffrey Mascy son of Wiftm Mascy as yin is rehcet & speci- 
fiet & this to be done by gode avyse of consull of lawe 
And I also wille y* yai amortise all landes ordeignet to the 
said chunt' & do yin by the avyse of the said consull accord- 
yng to my said entent & as true faith and conscience will in all 
thyngs Also I bewhethe xx marks to bye an averlay of 
marbul to lye in the said chappell avr my body w* II ymages 
y*opon of copur & avrgilde oon aft me afioy of my said wyfe 



1 From the Langton MSS. Q. P. E.]. 

"^ According to Sir Peter Leycester (/. 371), Sir Geoffrey was the second son 
of Sir John Massey, of Tatton, who probably fell in the battle of Shrewsbury. 
Sir Geoffrey married Margery, the daughter of John Hulton, of Farnworth in 
Lancashire, and, according to both Sir Peter and Dr. Ormerod, had no lawful 
issue, but left most of his property to his bastard son J ohn Massey, who founded 
the family of Massey of Denfield and Audlem. 



THE WILL OF SIR GEOFFREY MASCY. 1 3 

& a reson aboute the stone what day & yere I decesset w* 
I III skochens y'upon by the avyse of my said executor^ 
And if the said fundacon & avrlay will coste mor yen I have 
bewhethen thai to take a resonable quntite more if hit will 
serve And if yai coste lasse my said executor* to dispose 
that Also I bewhethe to the Abbot of Whalley for my 
tithes & oblacons averhippet or foryeton in full remission 
y'of xxs. Also I bewhethe to ychon of the II 1 1 orders of 
freres to syng ychon a trentall of masses & to pye for me 
xiiis. iiiid. Also I bewhethe to my srvnts y* yai praie for 
me & to be gode & true to me my said Wyfe & to my 
worship — first to the said John my son xx marke To Marget 
his wyfe xls. To Honkyn Hulton x marke To John Hul- 
ton xls. To Jankyn Hulton xK To Geffrey Hulton x\\ 
To George Hulton ii marke To James Mascy xx^ To 
Henr Valentyne vjs. viijd. To Wittm Dodeson vjs. viijd. To 
P'kyn Hyne vjs. viijd. To John Par xiijs. ivd. To James 
Worsley xiijs. ivd. To Rauf Worsley xiijs. ivd. To Laurence 
Gelibronde vjs. viijd. To Laurence Skot vjs. viijd. To Sr 
Rog^ Bentley vjs. viijd. To Denys Holand vjs. viijd. To 
Heftr Galey vjs. viijd. To Peres Grenehalgh xld. To Ric 
Guldene xld. To Thomas Dodeson xld. To Rauf Henr'son 
xld. To Robt Worsley 11s. To Edward Bury iis. To Ric 
Morys iis. To Jhonet Norres vis. viijd. To Jhonet Mader 
xld. To Marg'y Tyldesley a cowe. Also wiler I am enformed 
y* certein untrue & fals peple bycause yai supposet I was 
gretely diseaset w* sekenes sklanddert & noyset in the cufttr 
y* I shuld ogh yai certein dettes & fees yat is to wete John 
Valentyne Alis hys wyfe Nicolas Hulton y* has weddet a 
strmpt & a bastard doght of my brother Wittm, Fondull [?] 
Bromeley and Raynald Legh : yai bene all yin fals & untrue 
I ogh yai noght as I will onswar afor god & y 'for I chge myne 
executor* to paie yai noght And I thonke al myghty god I 
ogh nor am in dette to any other p*son Forthermor if Wittm 
Mascy his heirs or any other p*son or p'sons by yeir excitacon 
p'curig abettement consaill maky^ or assent do or p'cur any 
bodely harme to be done to me the said Geffrey Mascy my 
wyfe John my son or to my srvnts or to suche p'sons y* have 
late been w* me & the said Marg'y & John in our mats or if 
the said Willm his heirs or any other p'son or p'sons by yair 



14 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

pr'curfi^ makyng consaill excitacon abettement or assent enter 
or make maistres or wronges in my mafts of Worsley or 
Tatton w* the apprtence agenys the Will of me the said 
Geffrey or Marg'y duryng my lyfe & duryng the time the said 
Marg'y after my decesse happens to dwelle & abyde in the 
said mafts : or if the said Witm his heirs or any other suche 
said p'son or p'sons by his excitacon consaill abettement 
maky*^ p'curyng or assent distresse ravysshe or take away the 
said Marg'y or disseise or pytt oute the said Marg'y or feffes 
to hir use or the said John or feffes to his use of any landes 
by me or my feffes to yai gyven : or if the said Wittm or 
suche said p'sons take wrongfully any godes or catells wheche} 
longet or p'teignet to me the said Geffrey Then I bewhethe 
& gif to Thomas lord Stanley all the glasen wyndowes clokke 
belles fournesses & ledes in my mafts of Worsley & Tatton 
& all dorres wyndowes lovers yates bedde trees brigge & 
planke & the skrenes & side hordes stondyng or beyng in the 
said mafts w* the apptence and if the said Wittm & suche 
said p'sons fulfille & trespasse not in forme as is bifor rehced 
then the said Margy & my said executor* to dispose & have 
these thyngs afor to the said Thomas bewhethen & yai by 
yair discrecon to dispose Furthermor I bewhethe to the said 
Thomas xx^ marke besechyng hym as I most trist his gode 
lordship to be gode lorde & to se to my said wyfe y* she may 
be at hir libte to demene hirself & not co'straynet ageyns hir 
wyll disseiset spoilet nor robbet of hir lands nor godes ne in 
lyke wyse the said John nor my said executor* Also I 
bewhethe to Thomas Assheton Knyght x^^ he truly as I trist 
hym to helpe my said wyfe and John my son & to avr se y* 
my said will be p'formed & fulfilled Also I wyll & chge myne 
executor* y* Wittm Mascy have by yair assent & wyll all those 
godes y* longet to me opon lesse y* he rule & demene hym 
truly in all thynge anedes me my said wyfe John my son myne 
executor* & srvnts accordyng to myne entent as is bifor 
rehcet & y* my said wyfe & executor* if yai lyke to leve & 
gif hym by yair discreffin suche thyngs as yai semes to hym 
necessaries Forthermor I wyll y* a cedule wheche shall be 
encloset win this my writyng under my seall all things yin 
writen & conteignet be my full wyll & p? of my said testa- 
ment and the residue of all my godes my dettes whitte my 






THE WILL OF SIR GEOFFREY MASCY. 1 5 

body buryet & all my bewhestes paiet & obSfrvet I bewhethe 
to the said Margy my wyfe she to dispose yai to my saule 
heel aft myne enformacon & entent to hir by me declaret as 
she will onswar afor god And to this my full will & testament 
to be fulfilled & execute I ordeigne & make suche li p'sons as 
the said Marg'y & John my son after my decesse wyll lymyte 
& ordeigne to be my executor* And if yai noon lymyte then 
I ordeigne & wyll the said John my son & Honkyn Hulton to 
be my said executor* In to wyttenes whereof to this my full 
Will & Testament endented I the said Geffrey have sette the 
seall of myne armes Gyven the day & yere aforesaid. 

\The Schedule^ 

Also I bewhethe to the makyng of Salford lone xxs. 
Also I wyll & by thes p'sents I gif to John my son his 
heires & assignes all the dedes mynyments records & evi- 
dences wheche p'teignen or longen to the landes or teftts or 
any p'cell of yai gifen by me or my feffes to the said John 
& certein feffes to his use wherSmever & in whos handes the 
said dedes mynyments records & evidence happen to come 
or be. Also I gif to the said John & his heirs the armes of 
Aldelem & Wrenebury To have all the said dedes mynymets 
recordes & evidence & armes to the said John & his heirs & 
assignes for ever : Also I wyll y* the ^in writen Rog Bentley 
p*ist aft the decesse of John Gartside p'ist have & rejoise to 
?rme of his ly ve the ciiuntre that I have ordeignet at Eccles 
Kirke w* all the lands & teftts y'to longyng yf so be y* myne 
executores thynke y* he be able to Srve hit. 

[Seal, on a heater-shaped shield quarterly, a label of four 
points, within the legend Sigillum Galfridi Mascy 
Tatton} ] 



^ In Helsby*s Edition of Ormerod^ Vol. i.,/. 442, is what purports to be an 
engraving of this seal, but it is quarterly, in the first quarter a lion passant, in the 
second quarter a label of two points, and the legend Sigillum Galfridi Mctscie de 
Tatton, In Sir Peter Leycester, p, 369, is a woodcut of the arms of Tatton, 
quarterly, a label of five points. 



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I6 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



8 



€t)t Wiill of Ealpft J^tabtlep, liaUft 1456.^ 

" In dei noTe amen anno dfii Mitto CCCC*' quinquagesimo 
vj° vicesimo nono die mensis Septemb. Ego Radulphus 
Stalay^ compos mentis & bone memorie condo testamentu 
meu in hunc qui sequi? modu In p'mis lego Deo opi beate 
marie & omib} scis anima meam corpus q} meu sepelliend in 
ecctia v? cimitorio sci Martini leyces? Item lego meu optimu 
equu noie pncipalis v? mortuarij Itm volo q filia mea sit nupta 
filio Jollis ashton heredi Thome ashton Mili? p Centu libris & 
volo vt ille Centu libre disponat p aia mea put meli^ viderint 
exes mei Itm lego vicario sci Martini vnu equu ambulatore 
Itm volo q omia debita mea fideli? soluanf Itm vdlo q vxor 
mea heat dotem sua & meli^ de tenement^ & bonis meis Itm 
lego mea cruce aurea cu reliqis s' qua nuc porto circa collu 
meu ecctie poch de Motterhm Itm lego edmundo vernon iij 
iiij^ Itm lego Radulpho Staveley quadraginta solid & duas 
vaccas Itm lego Johi Staveley quadraginta solid & duas 
vaccas Itm lego Benedicco seruienti meo custodi eq°rf meorf* 
viginti solid & vna vacca Itm lego cuilibet ^uienciu meorf 
xiij^ iiij^ Ce?a vero bonorf meorf no legatory do & lego 
executorib} meis quos ordinos Dum Thomam Asshton & 
Thoma Damport vt ipi disponat p me put viderint meli^ p 
salute anime mee et vt vellent me p eis disponere si essent in 
tali casu Et vt disponant oem voluntate mea in alio testa- 
mento meo p'antea condito et in domo mea antea recondito 
Da? leyces? anno & die sup* dicc^ Signat^ sigillo meo in 
verita? testimoniu." 



1 From the Dodsworth MSS, 1890 jj. P. E]. 

^ Ralph Staveley, of Staveley, Esq. , son of Thomas de Staveley who died about 
1440. Ralph Staveley left an only daughter, Elizabeth, who fulfilled the desire to 
which the testator gives utterance above and married Thomas Ashton (afterwards 
knighted), son of John de Ashton and nephew and heir of Sir Thomas de Ashton . 
Vide East Cheshire, Vol. ii., /. 167. 

^ Seal gone. Attached to this will are the two letters of administration 
under the seals of the Archbishops of York and Canterbury respectively ; these 
seals are much broken. Proved at York 29 April, 1457^ and at Lambeth 23 
May, 1457. 



\, 



THE WILL OF JOHN HUNTINGDON. 1 7 



€f)t Wim at Softtt feuntmfflion, aaaartrwi of 
iManrtesftejr, iateli i458^^ 

In dei Nomine Amen. Septimo die mensis Novembris 
Anno domini Millesimo CCCC°^« lviij« Ego Johannes Hun- 
tyngton clericus Magister sive Custos Collegii [beatae Mariae] 
de Mancestria gravi aegritudine corporis vexatus mente tamen 
et corde in deo per veram spem et amorem totaliter convexus 
primo peto peccatorum meorum veniam ut sit anima mea 
(Christi imago) per lacrimarum penitencias detersa ab omni 
inquinamento [carn]is et spiritus sui creatoris oculis sit habilis 
representanda. Et utinam habilis et suo creatori acceptabilis 
sit haec anima mea quam nunc in principio testamenti mei 
divinis manibus hoc est dei misei^icordiae et pietati suaeque 
matris [sic] Reginae virginum beatae Mariae peccatorum om- 
nium propiciatrici et benignissimae pro peccatoribus interven- 
trici Necnon sanctorum patronorum meorum angelorum et 
archangelorum manibus et protectione [sic] offero devoto 
corde et ore commendo. Corpusque meum statuo sepeliri 
in ipso gradu summi altaris in quo cotidianus [for quotidi- 
anus] sacerdos missam incipit per generalem confessionem. 
Item lego cuilibet consociorum meorum in die sepulturae meae 
exequiis interessenti vj^ viij^ et cuilibet iiij^*" clericorum 
iij® iiij* Item cuilibet choristarum xij^, clericis parochialibus 
inter se iij^ iiij^ et Johanni Belman xij*^. Item lego Willielmo 
Rutter Johannae uxori ejus Richardo Rutter Thomae Rutter 
Willielmo Rutter et Alicae Rutter filiis praedictorum Wil- 
lielmi et Johannae Rutter ac etiam Ceciliae sorori uxoris prae- 
dicti Willielmi cum eisdem commoranti quatuor vaccas 
quatuor vitulos duas juvencas cum tribus stirkez inter eosdem 
dividendos. Item lego Johannae uxori praedicti Willielmi 
Rutter unam crateram argenteam pouncet cum uno cooper- 
torio pouncet ex opere alio scilicet rosarum, ut habeat memo- 
riam mei et oret pro anima mea omnibqs diebus vitae suae. 



^ A translation of this will, with some notes on the life of Warden Hunting- 
don, is to be found in the ** Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Anti- 
quarian Society " for 1885. 

C 



1 8 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Item do et lego Elisabethae Barret unum burgagium jacens 
in Chesterfeld quod emi a Richardo Barret patre dicti Elisa- 
bethae cum juribus et pertinenciis suis quibuscunque. Item 
do et lego omnia burgagia terras et tenementa raea infra 
Mancestriam et Salfordiam adjacentia Jacobo Brid et Nicho- 
lao Ravald capellanis haeredibus et assignatis suis imperpe- 
tuum prout patet in certis cartis illis inde plenitus confectis. 
Item do et lego praedictis Jacobo et Nicholao haeredibus et 
assignatis suis totum jus et clameum quod habeo ex dono et 
feoffamento Reginaldi West, domini la Warre in Overaldport 
et Netheraldport ad terminos certos mihi heredibus et assig- 
natis meis a praedicto domino la Warre concessis prout patet 
in certis cartis mihi inde plenitus confectis. Item cetera 
omnia bona mea mobilia et immobilia non superius disposita 
vel legata do et lego praedictis Jacobis et Nicholao capellanis 
Quos ordino et constituo meos haeredes et fideles executores 
ut ipsi deum prae oculis habentes ordinent et disponant pro 
salute animae meae prout volunt respondere coram summo 
judice. Et insuper ne forte gens indomita contra me solita 
debagans [sic for debacchans] feritate quae mea sunt vel mihi 
debentur rapiendo istam meam ultimam voluntatem ut virtu- 
alem disposicionem minime sortiatur finaliter impediat. Ideo 
me ipsum ac executorum meorum insufficienciam sub ipsius 
tuicionis vexillo cujus bonitas immensa ac suffragium singu- 
lare mihi absque meis meritis semper actinus [sic for hactenus] 
perimpenditur totaliter immitto, Reverendissimum in Christo 
patrem et dominum et dominum meum singularissimum 
Willielmum permissione divina Eboracensem Archiepisco- 
pum humiliter implorando quatinus consueta sua pietas pro 
[nunc ?] finaliter dilatata sui tentorii fimbria mihi funiculos 
suos faciens longiores ex sua largiflua bonitate^ testament! 
mei supervisor et executorum meorum protector existere dig- 



^ The testator is plainly alluding to and slightly paraphrasing Isaiah liv. 2, 
** Dilata locum tentorii tui et pelles tabemaculorum tuorum extende, ne parcas ; 
longos fac funiculos tuos et clavos tuos consolida," or, as the English version has 
it, " Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine 
habitations : spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes." For 
this and other suggestions I am much indebted to C. S* Perceval, Esq., F.S. A, 
[J. P. E.] 



WILL OF RALPH BRAYEN, OF SPURSTOW. IQ 

netur graciosus ut cunctis mortalibus merito preconizari 
poterit qualiter invincibiHs ilia caritas qua me dilexit cle- 
mencia pastoralis in vita, etiam in morte non aufertur set \for 
sed] munifica largicione dilatatur copiose. In cujus rei tes- 
timonium huic presenti testamento sigillum meum apposui.^ 
Datum die et anno supradictis. 

Endorsed on the back of the will : 

Istud testamentum fuit legitime probatum coram nobis 
decano Mamcestriae et administracio omnium bonorum et 
catallorum terrarum et tenementum mobilium et immobilium 
infrascriptorum Johannis defuncti concessa est executoribus 
infrascriptis in forma juris. In cujus rei testimonium sigillum 
officii 2 nostri presentibus est appositum. Dat' vicesimo se- 
cundo die mensis Novembris anno infrascripto. 

Also endorsed in a different hand : 

Testamentum Johannis Huntyngton clerici magistri sive 
custodis ecclesiae CoUegii beatae Marias de Mancestria. 



mSiX of laalplb ^rapen, of S>puifi!totD, 

Irateb 1475^^ 

In the name of God, Amen, the 7 Sept. 1475. I Ralph 
Brayen constitute my testament in this manner. Inprimis 
I bequeath my soul to Almighty God and my body to be 
buried within the cemetery of the Collegiate Church of St. 
Bonifice of bonbor [Bunbury], and I give my best beast 
for my principal. Item I bequeath to the work of the 
church aforesaid, 6s. 8d. Item I bequeath to the work of 
the Collegiate Church of St. John, Chester, one great oak. 
Item I give and bequeath all my lands and tenements to 
Katherine my wife during her life, and after the decease 



^ This seal is now missing. 

2 Most unfortunately this seal, which has been affixed on the surface of the 
parchment, is now quite gone. No perfect example of the seal of the Rural Deans 
of Manchester is known. I have a worn impression, but the lettering is very 
indistinct. |J. P. E.] 

^ From the Aldersey Deeds [J. P. E.]. 

C 2 

I 

/ 



20 ' LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

of the aforesaid Katherine I will that they shall remain to 
Henry Aldursley and his heirs male of his body lawfully 
begotten. Item be it known to all that Morgan Masse 
owes me four marks and 3s. 4d. Item Thomas Aldfort 
26s. 8d. Item John Betteley 5s. Item James Dod 5s. 4d., 
John Bostoke of Chester 3s. 4.6. Item be it known to all 
that I the aforesaid Ralph owe the wife of Thomas Crewe 
3s. 4d., and to see this my testament well and faithfully 
performed I constitute and ordain my faithful executors, 
Katherine my wife and my heir Henry Aldursley. 

In testimony of which thing I have placed my seal, these 
being witnesses William Bulkeley, Henry Aldursley, John 
Halghton and others. Given at my house at Spursto the 
day and year abovesaid. 

[Small seal of red wax not heraldic.] 

Endorsed on the back [in Latin] — 

Proved before the Dean of the Deanery of Wich 
Malbank the 17th September in the year within 
written, and administration granted to the execu- 
tors. 



WLili of Jgafiella iMapWon, asaOroto, iateli 1483*' 

S May 1483.' 

In the name of God, Amen. I Isabella lately wife of 
John Mapulton. To be buried in the Collegiate Church of 
Manchester. I give to the said Church my best cow for 
my principal. I give to Agnes my daughter my right in 
a house near a bridge called the Irk, for the term of her 
life. Remainder to William Ravald upon certain conditions, 
which unfulfilled remainder to the service of the Blessed 
Virgin of Manchester. 

Agnes my daughter executrix. 

Witnesses — John Bamford chaplain [?], 

Willianj Bamford and others. 
Proved 12 June 1483. 



^ Abstract from the Chetham Deeds (J. P. E.J. 



WILL OF RICHARD LEIGH, OF HIGH LEIGH. 21 



cftt man of mtuth ieigb, of W9[f) it«9*, 

(S^q., Irattlr 148V 

In the name of God, Amen, 12 August 1484, I Richard 
Legh Esq. I bequeath my soul to Christ Almighty and the 
blessed Mary his mother and all the saints. My body to be 
buried in the chapel of the blessed Mary of Raustorne. 

Item I bequeath to my daughters, viz., Joan, Emma, and 
Isabella, forty pbunds. 

The rest of my goods to my son and heir Thomas Legh, 
senior, and I appoint him executor. 

List of Debts, &c. 

Witnesses, Geoffrey Starkey of Stretton, Thomas Legh 
of Northwood, Sir (dns) Richard Karynton, chaplain of the 
parish of Raustorne, and Sir (dns) John Assheby and others. 



mim of mmm ieigft, of feigft iti9*t 

tiattti 1485.^ 

In the name of God, Amen, I 'Richard Legh of Hee 
Legh. 

To be buried in the church of Rostorn in the chapel of 
St. James on the south side of the said church. 

I leave to my daughters ;f40. 

Thomas my son and heir to have the residue of my 
goods. 

List of debts owed by testator and owed to him. 

Given at Legh 10 January I484[-S]. 

These being witnesses, Geoffrey Starkey of Stretton, Esq., 



' ^ A translation from the original among the High Leigh Deeds, West 
Hall. 

2 A later will of the same Richard Leigh {vide preceding will). A trans, 
lation from the very illegible Latin original, now among the West Hall papers- 



22 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Thomas Legh of Northwood, Sir {diis) Nicholas Devyas 
rector of the church of Lyme, Richard Carington curate of 
the church of Rostorne, and others. 

Probate [?] endorsed on the back — not now legible. 



Wi\[\ of Cl^omasE i^eiQl^, of %tg:b Hetgl^t O^stq^ 

Iratfli 1485^^ 

" In dei noie Amen ego Thomas Legh de Hegh Legh 
armig codo testametu meu indentatu in huius modu in 
primis lego aiam mea deo oipotieti corpusq3 meu ad sepe- 
liedu ubi deo placuit. 

" All so yt ys my wyll y* my feoffs to my vse schall 
make to my iiij sons ichon of thaym an astate of londs 
& teftts y® qwych y* thay be seasyt of to to \stc] my vse 
to y® valure of xiij^ iiij<* by zer to haue & to hold to thaym 
for ?me of thayr lyves vnd this codicion tyll thay be pmotyt 
euy of thaym to xl^ or above for tme of thayr lyves & 
then at qwat tyme y* any of thaym be so pmotyt to y® 
sume afor sayd y® astate made be my feoffs to thaym so 
pmotyt be voyd. 

" All so yt ys my wylle y* my sayd feoffs schall make 
astate to John my brod of londs & teftts to y® zerle valure 
of xxj^ viij* for ?me of hys lyffe. Allso yt ys my wylle y* 
my sayd feoffs haue y® warde & mariage of my son & heyr 
Ric & thay to devide y® mariage money to y® mariage of 
Alys my doghtur & my cosyn Elizabeth Glegge & yf yt 
happyn od of thaym to dye the tod to heue y® qwalle & 
yf hyt happyn y* thay bothe desesse vnmaret y* then my 
sayd feoffs schall dispose y® sayd money as thay thynke 
best. All so yt ys my wylle y* my sayd feoffs haue y® pfetts 
of all my londs & teftts vnto y® tyme my sayd son cu to y® 
age of xviii zerys to pay my detts & for to helpe my schyld 



^ From the High Leigh Deeds, West Hall. Query whether ever proved ? 



WILL OF JOHN HULTON, OF FARNWORTH. 23 

& to dispose for my soule as thay thynk best as thay wyll 
vnsware a fore god at y® day of y® grete jugementl 

" All so yt ys my wylle y* my brod John oon of my feoffs 
haue All y® rule of my teftts & ?uads vnto y® tyme y* my 
sayd son cu to y® age of xviij zer^ All so I make be ys my 
last wylle Thom*s Leycestr son of John Leycestr Thom*s 
Hawardyne son of Thom*s of Hawardyne John off Helegh 
John Mere Rye Moldeworth Wyll*m Leycestr John Legh brod 
of y® sayd Thomas Legh John Leycestr son of y® sayd Thom*s 
Leycestr to be myne executors to haue y® disposicion of all 
my go[o]ds moveabull. Allso yt ys my wylle y* S' Geffray 
Mascy knght Penis Werburton John y® son of y® sayd Perus 
John Leycestr of Nether Tabley esquiers to be supvisors ot 
ys my last wylle as eu I did thaym sVice or may do to se y* 
ys be execute & pformyt As fer as thayr power ys as thay 
wyll vnsware to me at y® day of jugement. 

" In wytenes hereof I y® sayd Thomas to ys my last wylle 
endetyt haue set to my seale These wytnes Hanet Ma^cy 
of Ryxton Wyll*m Mere John Boydell. 

" Wrytten at Legh in y® fest of saynt Oswald knyg In y® 
zer of owr lord Ihu cryst Mcccclxxxv." 



WiiU of gDl^n l^ulton, of jTarntoortt), (&^q., 

nuttH 1486.1 

" In dei noie Amen quito die men§ Nouembris Anno dfti 
Mittio CCCC** octogesimo vj*^ [i486] Ego Joiies Hulton de 
ffarneworth Armig compos ment** & sane memorie Condo 
testamentu ac volutate mea vltima dispono in hue modu. In 
p'mis lego aiam mea oipoteti do beate marie ma? ei^ & oib} 
scis corp^q^ meu ad sepiliend in Ecctia poch de Deyne. Itm 
lego optimu meu Auliu noie mortuar ad p'sentad Aiam mea 
cora altiggio iudice. Itm lego & do viginti Marc ad edificand 



^ From the original in possession of W. B. Hulton, Esquire, 1887. John 
Hulton died November, 1487. |J. P. E.] 



24 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

vna Capella ex pte & la?e boriat dicte ecctie de Deyne. Itm 
do & lego duodec Marc adinveiend honestu p'sbi?u ac discretu 
celebrare dice ac deuote celebrare orare duob) anis p aia mea 
ac pentu meorfi Itm lego x mrc ad sluiciu beate marie sus- 
tendad in dca ecctia qti" deuot' capellan^ ppetualif iveniat 
celebratur p bftfactorib} & sustentator die? sjuic. Itm lego 
Johi Chaydocke filiolo meo vna vacca & vitulu ad augmen- 
tand & crestend ad pficiu suu. Itm lego dfio Jacobo Smethe- 
ley cognato meo xl^ Itm lego cuilibet famulorf ac famularf 
m in domo & sluico 8uien? ac veste mea noie libera? vten? 
alias su alio m° no pmo? cu aliq** releuamie tepe decessus mei 
vj8 viij^ in mone? Et in aliis bonis ad valore. Allso my will 
is y* my wyfe Johan shall haue the thrid pte of al my londez 
y® qwhich thrid pte berez y® sume of xxxiij Mrc ij^ viij^ lying 
in Ruworth Heyton Lostocke Snythill in Halghton and Okyn- 
bothu in Breghtmey t if she wyl be agreabull y\ to. Allso my 
will is y* xx^ of my lyvelode lying in Machest' Denton Gor- 
ton Okynshawe [sic for Openshawe] & Yrlame w* the free 
rentez of Thorns Hoppewode & Thorns Valentyne & Also 
pte in Ffarneworth shal goo to y® paymentez of the mariagez 
of my ij dogh?s Elsabeth & Alic vnto y® Sufhez of myn 
agrementez be content & payde And allso more ou y* my 
dogh? Elsabeth to haue xx mrc & Alic x mrc opon y* codicion 
y* thay nor thair husbandez do not trobull nor vexe Any of 
myn heyerez male nor my ffeoffe to pfo[r]me this my will 
of Any of my londez And y* my broder Cristofer y® qwhich 
is my feoffe to execute y^^ my will shal paye of y® yssuez & 
pfettez of y® said xx" worth of londez my broder Thorns 
Hawarden for y® mariag of my doght Elsabeth and y® said 
xx^ mrc mor to my said doght' Elsabeth And in like wyse 
to paye & cotent Rog* Hulton for y® mariage of my said 
doght' Alic if y® mariage goo furth & pcede Acording to our 
pmysez & cou*udez As we ben Sworne And if it happen y* 
y® said Adm Hulton son & heyer of y® said Rog^ Hulton 
decesse or ellez y* y® mariage goo not forth nor pcede 
acording to our cou^ndez afor seid That yen y® said Xpofer 
shal pvide & se y* my doght' Alic may be maryd to An 
As gud or A betf as y® said Adm of y® yssuez & pfettez of 
y® londez afor rehersyd And Allso it is my will y* yf my 
goodez wil not pfome my will As in makyng of A chapell 



WILL OF JOHN HULTON, OF FARN WORTH. 25 

& in fynding of A p'st to syng ij zer And Also in gyffyng 
X mrc to y® sustentacion & vppeholding of y® devine 
sjuic of our ladye afor seid And allso yf y* my goodez 
wilnot pfome y* & y® residue of y*^ my will Than my will is 
y* wher as my goodez lakyth y* it shalbe taken vppe of y* 
residue of y^ livelode y* remayneth Aft' y® discrecion of 
my saide Broder Xpofer y* is my feoffe Also my will is y* 
my Brether & Sisterez nowe being At y® Hopehey or other 
placez shall ther honestly be founden for ?me of yeir lyvez 
of y® yssuez & pfettez ther rysing yf yay wyll be Rulyd & 
Gyded by y® said Xpofer my Broder & y® said Xpofer to 
haue y® disposicion gyding & goun*nce of yeyme & of al y® 
lyvelode to se yeyme honestly kepyd rulyd & Gyded to y® 
sauacion & sakering of yayme & the lyvelode And if it so be 
y* Any of my Brederez and Sisterez Afor Seyd wil not so 
be gouned than my will is y* yai haue noo pte therof bot 
those y* will be rulyd & Gyded As is afor said And also my 
wil is y* ther be leyfte at the saide place y® Hopehay by y® 
avice of myn executo' viij keyn beyng melch & iiij horses & 
marez & halfe y® Cornez y* ther shall happen to be groyng 
oylwyse w* All othir Stuffe of howsehalde ther being at y^ 
tyme allso my will is y* myn said wyfe & myn ij dogh?s 
Elsabeth & Alic haue All myn othir Stuffe of howsehald 
deptyd euenly Among yayme excepte such goodes as ben 
heyerez lomez & the qwhech I be qwheth to be heyer lomez 
be longyng to y® heyerez male As a chalez w* y® best masse 
boke w* all othir vestmentez & Au?clothes w* halfe a 
dosen Silu Sponez & a salt seler & a bassen & a lauer 
the best pott w* a grete Brendreth And also a Hengytt 
Bedd y* is to say the best ma?ess ij coulettez a payr of 
Shetes of y® Smalest w* ij pyllow® Also all Burdez [boards] 
fomez crestes Stonding Bedstockez & whele bedstockez w^ 
Stonding ffornesez & ledes w* a malt Arke & a mele Arke 
w* vj Brode disshows vj potyn^ez & vj Savsers w* ij Chaun- 
delers And allso I beqwheth my othir masse boke to be 
longyng to y® chapell y* shalbe Byggett at y® said chirch of 
y® Deyne Also it is my will y* my Broder Xpofer for the 
faythfull love & trist y* I haue to hym to be true & stidfast 
to y® intentt of y*® my will shall haue x mrc zerly for Sme of 
his lyve he to take it vppe of y® lyvelode of Harphey & of 



26 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

y® tefltez and placez of Robt Barlow & Geffron Barlow & the 
residue to y® said Sume of x Mrs in Farneworth And also my 
wil is y* my Broder Xpofer aft' the mariag money paid for 
myn ij dogh?s & my will fulfyld shall take & resayue of my 
londez to y® sume of ij C Marks toward his pmoting Authir in 
his mariag or ellez in p'chasing of londez to his pmocion Also 
hit is my will y* my Brothir Ric shall haue x^* in worth of 
my londez for tme of his lyve to fynde hym & his wyfe 
opon Also it is my wyll y* my Broder Xpofer Aft' my will 
pfomed make an astate of v mrs to myn Broder Jamez & 
Rofet for ?me of yeir lyvez of londez in t)enton the remaydr 
the? of to y® heyerez male of my Broder Ric Also it is my 
will y* my Broder John Chaidocke zerly durynge his fad lyve 
to haue vj* viij^ opon y^ condicion y* he endevoir hym to y® 
pforms of y*^ my wyll & it to be taken ot such londez as best 
can be thoght by my said Broder Cristofer fforther mor my 
wil is y* ther shall be made an oSley [overlay or tombstone] 
of marbull in y® said Chapell y* shalbe bygged w* y® ymage 
of me & my ij wyfez w* my ij doghts g*uen [graven] of laton 
in y® same marbull and y* the bonez of my fad & mod w* 
othir of myn Ancesterez be broght & leyde there in y® same 
chapell And after then y* all bequestez as is afor rehersyd be 
fulfylled and don my will is y* all my hole enherit^nnce may 
descende vnto my Broder Ric & his heyers male to y® helping 
of his child yf god send hym any & so furth to euJy of my 
Breder Acording to ryght & consciance And now be it 
knowen by yis my last will y* sithen y* I made myn vncle 
Thustan Tyldesley & my Broder Cristofer Hulton w* othir 
my ffeoffes to execute y*^ my last will And also to pvide & 
see y* Aft' this my last will be pfomed & don y* y® hole 
enherit*nnce may groo & descende opon my said Broder Ric 
& his heyerez male Apon he be avysyd & rulyd by my said 
Broder Cristofer & so furth apon my Broder Thurstan & 
his heyerez male & for faute of yssue of yayme Apon myn 
next eldest Broder & so furth Acording to yair ryght 
letting all peple wete y* sythen y® ffeffamet maide vnto my 
said vncle Thurstan & vnto my Brother Xpofer & other y* 
yai so being seased to myn vse afore seid lete all y® saidez 
londez to me Agayme for ?me of my lyfe And Sithen y* 
tyme I neu] made lessez bot for terme of myn Awne lyve 

\ 



WILL OF MATTHEW LEGH, OF SWINEHEAD. 2^ 

s 

or ellez for ?me of zeres Acordynge to my pmessez maide 
to my saidez ffeoffes And so be they seased & by me sythn 
y^ ffeoffamentt made neu] disseassed And zett y' that nowe it 
is pte oute of remembrance of y® said ffeoffamentt made to 
my said vncle Thurstan & vnto my Broder Xpofer I haue 
maide an other feoffamentt to my said Broder Xpofer suffi- 
ciant in lawe. Residuu oift bonorf meorf no legator do & lego 
Johane vx mee & Cristofero fri meo & ppes ordino et constituo 
executores meos vt ipi deu p'octis heiit oia p'dict si"* hanc 
volutate mea ordinet & dispona? vt si meli^ videbif' pfice p 
salute aie mee qti* cora altissio iudice volflint respondere 
& Robertu Workesley & Thoma Tyldesley de Wordeley 
desido & facio ee supvisores vt volutas mea p omia Ad 
implea?"" In Cui* rei Testiom huic scpf indenta? Ac volutati 
mee vltime Sigillu meu Apposui Hiis Testibus Thoma 
Hawarden Ranulpho Sonke Thoma Tyldesley de Pele 
John Bradshawe Sir Git Lever y® vicar of Bolton Dame 
Yssabell Radcliff & Ric hir Son Jane Barton Sir Jamez 
Smetheley Sir Jamez Holden & aliis AUso hit is my will 
& Also I gyffe vnto Johan my wiffe xx*^ Marke to be 
taken of my Cornez and catellez be syde her pte of the 
Stuffe of my householde yf she will take & agree there to 
Also hit is my will y^ my ij norisshez Aythur [either] to 
haue v* Also hit is my will y* my ij godsons Hug son of 
Chet*m & Robyn Haliwall aythur to haue xH." 



WcM of i)flatt()eto It^, of ^tDme{)eatr, 

Iratelr 1512^ 

In dei noie Amen. The iiij*** day of octobr in y® yeare 
of o' lord god 1512. I Mathew Legh hole in mynd and sike 
in bodie doe [make] my testament and last will in manner 
and forme following. 

Inprimis I bequeth my sole to almightie god and to his 
blessed mode' seynt Mary, and to all the selestiall company 
In heuen and my bodie to be buried in the Chappell of Seynt 
Anne w***in the pish Church of Handley or there were it shall 
please allmightie god to call for me at his pleasure. 



/ 



28 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Itm I will and bequeth to Jane my wife the thyrd pte of 
my goods both moueable and vnmoueable. Itm I will and 
bequeth to my two dowzters Dorothey and Mary, all the 
Rest of my goods toward there pTerment in mariage. Also 
I will if ought come to either of my saied dowzters that is to 
wit if either of them doe fortune to decease before that she 
be married, that then the Rest of the saied goods shall come 
and revert vnto thother daughter that is Longer Liuer. 

Itm I bequeth to Gawen my yonger son six mks of 
anuitie for terme of his life the w°^ I excepted at the marieing 
mariage of my sonne Richard Leghe. Also I enstitute and 
make Jane my wife, Dorothey and Mary my daughters my 
true and Lawfull executors condisionally that yf Jane my wife 
do mari or else be against the pformance of this my last will 
to take effect, then I doe ordayne constitute and make 
Dorothey and Mary my doughters my executores of this my 
last will and Testament, and giue them full autoritie and 
power to see it pformed and fullfilled to the true intent there- 
of, these being witnesses S' Hugh Sankie my goastly father, 
Oliuer Kimesford, Richard Cluworth w*^ others the day and 
yeare aboue written. 

Inuentory of Mathew Leigh deceased. 

Inprimis xxiiij Kie and a Bull ... ... xx marks 

Itm horses mares Colts and geldings ... xx marks 

Itm oxen yonge bests and neats ... ... xx mks 

Itm XX fatt Catell ... ... xx mks 

Itm Corne and hey ... ... ... ... xx mks 

Itm bedding brase and peauter w^** other 

houshold stuffe ... ... ... ... xx mks 

Itm in apparell ... ... ... ... xx mks 

Itm for a tacke by Vpton for y® beliefifes son xx^* 
Itm of Swyne gese Capons & hens w**^ 

other pullen ... ... ... ... xl** 

Sum is Cxv" vj^ viij^. 



THE WILL OF GEORGE .ATIIERTON, OF ATHERTON. 29 



CJ)e miill of eeorffe atfterton, of at&erton, 

(ggquiie, iiatelr isia*^ 

This, is y® last will and testament of me George Atherton 
Esq. made 23 Nov. 5 Henry VIII. [1513]. " If I fortune to 
be marryed my wief to have a joynture." John Atherton his 
son and heir then in his nonage. To Isabell his bastard 
daughter for her marriage ;£'40. To Elizabeth Harrington 
his sister 6 marks. To an honest prest to pray devoutly for 
his soule in Leigh church 40 shillings per annum for 14 yeres. 
John Atherton son of my brother John the bastard, to have 
40* per annum for 14 yere to bring him upp at scole. 
Twenty marks to the buylding*of the steple and bells in Legh 
church, and other moneys to the buylding of our Ladies 
Chappell in the said Legh church. *' John Atherton, bastard 
brother of me the said George Atherton," mentioned in 
remainder. " My body to be buryed in Leghe church, nere 
the bones of my father and Anne late my wief." His 
daughter Margaret, borne since the making of the above will, 
to have 200 marks for her marriage, &c. John Atherton, son 
and heir and aged 5 years and more, is his next heir, and the 
said John Atherton was married by the said George Atherton 
his father, in his lifetime, to a certain Elizabeth daughter of 
Sir Alexander Radcliffe, Knt. 



^ The above is an abstract of the will of George Atherton, of Atherton, Esq. , 
as made by Dodsworth from the Inquisition post mortem [Dodsworth MSS., 
vol. 58], taken at Lancaster, 2 Sept., 10 Henry VIII. [1518], before James 
Worsley, Esq., Escheator, by the oath of Sir Henry Kyghley, Knt., Henry 
Ffaryngton, Esq., John Holcroft, Esq., Thomas Penkith, John Newport, Esq., 
Richard Holcroft, Roland Kirkby, William Browne, Thomas Redmayne, Brian 
Redmayne, &c. His manors of Atherton, &c., were by a charter, dated 23 Nov., 
5 Henry VIII. [151 3], granted to Sir Alexander Radclyfe and Sir William Leylond 
Knts. , Richard Assheton, Peter Shakerley, Thurstan Tyldesley, and John Hop- 
wood, Esquires, Thomas Longeley, clerk, and John Starkey, gent. , as trustees for 
the uses declared in his last will and testament which is as above. (J. P. E.] 



30 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILI^ 



Wiill of SiaatUtam ^toettenbam, uatetr 1521.^ 

In the name of . God, Amen, the 20*** August 1521. I 
William Swetenham^ make my testament in this manner. 

" First I bequeth my soule to God to his Moder S* Marye, 
& to all the holy companie of Heavyn. My bodie to be 
buried in the Paroche Chu : of Astbury, before the Image of 
blessed Lady. Also I bequeath my best beast in the name 
of a Mortuarye. Also I bequeth for my buriall & vnto o"* 
Ladies worke to be prayed for 1 3* 4**." 

I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my wile 5 Mosseplaces 
with their appurtenances during her life, now in the holding 
of Agnes Strag, Richard Bore, Sybill Huett, John Lee, Ralph 
Wylkinson, with a field called Hasulsha and a croft lying 
within the same, so that she shall take William my son in 
signing of tenancies, reserving the profits to herself. 

Also I give to Thomas my son one mose place with the 
appurtenances lying in Nether Somerford, during his life, now 
in the holding of William Deyne, of the annual rent of 21s. id., 
so that the said Thomas pay to the chief lord his rent, or to 
William Swetenham his elder brother 13d. yearly. 

Also I bequeath to Roger my son, one mose place with 
the appurtenances during his life, in Over Somerford, now in 
the holding of John Bromall of the rent of 20s. 

Also I give to William my son, the residue of all my lands 
and tenements and the land lying in Congleton with the 
appurtenances, to him and his heirs male for ever. 

Also I give to Sir Hugh Hulse 2od. 

Also I bequeath the residue of all my goods when my 
body is buried, to Elizabeth my wife the third part. Also 
the residue of all my goods not bequeathed and debts I give 
to my three daughters for their marriages. 



^ From the Sweitenham Chartulary, p. 27 [J. P. E.]. 

' William Swettenham, of Somerford Booths, Esquire, was fifth in direct 
descent from the Roger de Swettenham whose will is printed on page 7. He 
married Elizabeth, daughter of Christofer Savege, of Macclesfield, and had issue, 
at least three sons and three daughters. Vide pedigree, East Cheshin^ Vol. ii. , 
p. 646. 



WILL OF SIR PIERS LEGH, OF LYME. 3 1 

Also I will that my executors and overseers shall receive 
my debts due to me and pay my debts. 

Also I ordain and make Elizabeth my wife, and William 
my son and heir, my executors, and Thomas Dauenport of 
Henbury the elder, Esq., Thomas Manwaring of Caringam, 
and John Moreton of Moreton, overseers of this my will. 

Witnesses, Edmund Key priest at 

Morton, Robert Stabbes, 
William Deyne, with others. 

This will was proved before the Dean of the Deanery 
of Middlewich, and administration of the goods 
of the deceased granted to the executors within 
named, 12 Sept 1521. 



2129111 Of ^ij: ^itm It^f), of l^mt, Unt. anli 

^riestt, liatea 152 !♦' 

This is the last will of me Peris Leigh Knyght and prest 
maide the furst day of February in the xij^^ yere of the reigne 
of Kyng Henry the viij*** of all such lands and tent^ & 
annuell Rentes to and of the yerely value of xl" resVed to 
me the said S' Peris to giff and to gr*unt to certen psonez 
sev'ally to terme of ther lyves not only so couen*nted among- 
ist other things in the Indenturez of mariage made betwix 
me the said S' Peris Legh Knyght Apon that oon ptie and S' 
Thorns Gerard Knyght decessed apon that other ptie bering 
da? the xij*** day of Septembr the thrid yere of the Reigne of 
Kyng Henry the vij Botalso as shall accorde w* the Inden- 
turez of mariage made betwene S' Thorns Buttler Knyght 
and Thorns Buttler his son and heire apparunt of the other 
[sic] ptie and me the said S' Peris and Peris my son and 
heire appar*unt of the other ptie bering dat the xxiij*^ day of 
July the xxij*** yere of the Reigne of Kyng Henry the vij*^. 
And in like case according to the Indenturez of mariage 



^ From the Legh of Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No. 2 [J. P. E.]. 



32 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

made betwene S*" Thorns Gerard Knyght that now is on the 
oon ptie And me the said S' Peris and Peris my son and 
heire apparunt on the other ptie bering dat the xviij*** day of 
July in the ix*** yere of the Reigne of Kyng Henry the viij***. 
The whech landez and tent^ of the yerely value of xl^* at evy the 
said mariagez so resVed I the said S' Peris by sevall dedis and 
ly9e of season [livery of seizin] therof haue yeuen and grunted 
in forme folowing that is to sey. To my son John landez and 
tentz to the value of x mrks by yere. To my son Gother 
landez and teftts to and of the yerely value of xx mrks to 
my son Richard iiij mrks by yere. To my brod' Rob** xliij* 
yerely to my cosyn James Dounbill xl* by yere to my S'uftd 
Rob* Ardren xl^ by yer. To Matheu Arosmyth xxix^ yerely. 
To Peris Legh my brother son xxxiij* iiij^ by yere. To my 
sust' son Rob* Orrell xxviij^ by yere. To John Kyghley 
my S'ufld [servant] xxvj^ viij*^ yerely. To James Atherton 
xxvj^ viij^ by yere. To Will™ Naillo' xl^ yerely. To Henry 
Arosmyth xx^ by yer, and to Rob*' Smyth xx^ yerely. All 
whech landez and ten*^ of the yerely value of xl" so giffen 
and grunted by me the said S' Peris unto my said sonez 
brod' cosyns flfrends and S'ufids I will that thay and 
eu)y of thame shall haue occupie and injoye the same and 
eiily p'cell thereof w* the app'teftncs therto belonging dur- 
ing thar sev'all lyvez according to the teno"^ and effecte of 
thar grunts made or to be made. And I the said S' Peris 
will that all my feoffez and Recouers of and in the pmiss 
and thar heirez and the heirez of me the said S' Peris shall 
not lett vex nor troble my said sonez brod*" cosyns ffrends 
and sjuftds nor Any of thame the occupacion and vse thereof 
contry to the teno*" of thar dedis thereof and that my said 
feoffez and Recouers shall stande and be seased therin to 
the same vsez and intents aslone as the cause therof shall 
indur. And I will that my said feofifez and Recoulers and 
thar heirez shalbe seased of all the said landez and tent^ of 
the yerely value of xl'* as thay shall happen to come aft' the 
deith of any of my said sonez brod"^ cosyns ffrends or b'uiids 
ten^ntez in the same for terme of lyve to the vse of me the 
said S' Peris to thentent that of all the said lands & tentz 
of the said yerely value of xF and of e\?y pcell therof that 
shall discende or come to me the said S' Peris by deithe of 



WILL OF SIR PIERS LEGH. 33 

any of my saids sonez brod' cosyns or S'^unds at any tyme in 

my lyve. That then it shalbe laufull vnto me the said S' 

Peris to giff and graunt by my wlting the same landez & 

tentz and e9y pcell therof or other landez of like yerely value 

vnto such other psonez as it shall please me the said S' Peris 

for terme of thar lyvez only. And I will that if Any such gift 

or grunt therof in like forme happen to be made at any tyme 

heraft*" by me the said S"" Peris that then my said feoffez and 

RecoSers shall so long stande and be seased in the same 

and in eu'y pcell thereof to the same vsez and intents above 

mencyoned and aft'wards my said feofifez and RecoSers and 

thar heirez shall stande and be seased of all and e9y the 

singl^ pmiss as the same shall happen to fall come And 

dermyn by Reason of deithe of the said psonez and of effly 

of thame as the case therof shall fortune to thuse of me the 

said Perls and of my Right heires for efl. In Witnes wherof 

I the said S^ Peris Legh Knyght and plst herunto haue set 

my seale of Armez & subsc*bid the sam w* my hand the day 

& yer aboue rehersed. 

[Signed] p me Pet Legh K^ & P. 



1 

This is the last Will and testament of me Peris Legh 
knyght & prest made the furst day of Decemfer in the xiiij**^ 
yere of the Reigne of king Henry the viij*** of all my goods 
& Catalls aswell whik as deid that I now haue or shall haue 
the tyme of my decease The whech goods & Catalls I will 
shalbe distribued by Edward Molenex pson of Sefton Thur- 
stan Tildisley esquirer Wittm Trafford squier James Downhill 
squier & Robt Ardren gentilma myn executors as heraft' 



^ From the Legh of Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No.' 2 ; this will relates to his 
funeral [J. P. E.]. • 

D 



34 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

folowith. In the furst I giff & beqwethe my saulc to all 
myghty god o' lady sant Mare & to all the Saynts in Heven 
And will that my said executors of the Costs of my said goods 
cause my body to be buryed in the Trinite Chapell of Wyn- 
whik afor the myddist of the altur ther Wheras the prest 
shall alwais the tyme of consecracion stand even ouj & apon 
my harte Thed' to be borne w* my sunds & oth' cristenpeople 
And my best Beist be broght to the Church for my mortuary 
And that my Standert bano' & Coote Armo' be had afor my 
body to the Church in such condicion as shalbe thoght most 
couenyent by the aduyse of myn Executo's & the same then 
to be delyuled into my Chapell at WynWhik ther to Remayii 
aft'wards. And if it fortune me to decesse the space of xx" 
myles or aboue from the said Chapell Then it is my will to 
be broght thed' upon A horse litturcouled and the horses to 
be traped & couled with blacke and myn Armes to be sett on 
euy syde of the litto' And the said Trappo's and coujyngs 
Icontynet aft' to be devyded & dalt amongist poor folks And 
that my said Executors apon my said goods & Catalls shall 
bye xl" gownes of blacke Clothe & devyde thame by thar 
discrecions to such pson & psons as be of my howse and in 
my wagez and other my freinds And those & euy of thame to 
go abowte my body. Also I will that my said executo''s of 
the said goods & Catalls shall bye xxiiij*^ gownes of white 
clothe & by thame to be giffen to xxiiij*^ of the porest of my 
tenfids and euy of thame to ber A Torche in thar hands and 
ber thame abowte my body till I come to the Church & be 
buryed, whech torchs I will that my said Executors shall bye 
w*^ the cost of the saids goods & Catatts And theropon to giffe 
the halfe of thame to the said Trinite Chapell and the oth*" 
halfe to be giffen & deliSed vnto or lady Chapell at Distley. 
And also I will my said Executo's of thissues & pfetts of my 
said goods & Catalls shall dispose for my saule the day of my 
buryall in massez & other almez at the Churche xx** pownds 
And a couenyent dyn be ordyned of my goods at Bradley to 
all such gentilmen & other honest people as shalbe at my 
buryeng. Also I will that my said Executo's of my said 
goods & Catalls w*in A monethe Imediatly aft' my decesse 
shall cause A hundreth prests to say for me A hundreth 
massez & dirigs apon oon day that is to wett xx** massez of 



WILL OF SIR PIERS LEGII. 35 

Ihs xx*^ of the fyve wounds xx^ of o' lady xx^^ of the holy 

gost X of the Trinite & x of Requiem And euy prest to haue 

for the same liij*^ And euy prest to gett hym A Clerk to 

helpe hym say dirige & masse And euy of thame to haue ij^ 

And at euy masse aforsaid be offered A peny at the lauatory 

for me. Also I will my said Executor's of the said goods and 

Catalls shall bye Anoulley [an overlay] of MarbuU & lay apon 

me w*' A picto' aft' me & my wieff and o' Armes to be set in 

atho' of o' Coots and A supsc'pcion to be set on the said 

Offlley shewing o' names & the dais and yeris of o"^ decessez. 

Also I will that my said Executors of the said goods & Catalls 

euy good ffryday vij yeris to geth's next aft' my decesse shall 

distribuet ij^ vj*^ amongs the porest of my tenftds w*in Wering- 

ton pich and WynWhik pishe And also euy even of o' lady 

fyve yeris to gethu's next ensuying my decesse ther to be 

giffen of the same goods to fyve of the porest of my said 

tennds seu] ally iiij** and euy of thame be required to knele 

apon thar knees wHn the said Trinite Chapell the said evens 

and euy of thame therfor to say A lady sauto' for my saule. 

Also I will that my said Executors of the same goods & 

Catalls giff vnto euy gentilman of my howseholde besids thar 

wags xiij^ iiij*^ euy yoman vj^ viij** And euy laborer iij^ iiij^ 

And to kepe thame and euy of thame togeth's apon my Cost 

A monethe aft' my decease if thay will abyde. Also I will 

that may son Peris shall haue all the residue of my goods not 

beqwethed by writing nor by mothe afor Recorde remayneng 

oul the e^peng of my buryall and the accomplishment of this 

my will & willez fulfilled condicionally that he suffr myn exe- 

cuto's and distributors aswell of my goods as of my lands to 

execute the same & all other my willez & euy article therof 

w^-owt vexacion of hym or any other by his pcuring or consent 

and ellis he to haue no pte therof And if my said Executo's 

will not execute this my said will according as is aboue copsed 

w*out delay or plonging of tyme that so pved Then I will 

thay no forthur therin shall in?medill in Any Wise And 

theropo then I will myn especiall good lord Cuthberte now 

busshop of London S' Wittm Molenex & S' Wittm Stanley 

shall distribuete & dispose euy pte of all my singtr goods & 

Catalls according to the vsez & intents herin specified. In 

Witnes wherof I the said S' Peris herunto haue sett my scale 

D 2 



36 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

of Armez And subscribed the same w* my hande the day and 

yere afor said. 

[Signed] p. me Pet Legh k* & prest. 

[A large circular seal circumscribed SiGlLL. PETRI DE 
Legh, bearing a shield quarterly, ist and 4th across 
and in the dexter chief a fleur de lys \Haydock\ 2nd 
and 3rd a cross indented \Legti\, The shield is sur- 
mounted by an esquire's helm and a mantlet with 
the crest of a ram's head upon a wreath.^] 



msXX Df ^ir ^ie« iUg*, Hiit. anH |3riefl;t, 

Iratfli 1522.2 

This is the last Will of me Peris Legh knyght and prest 
made the furst day of Decemfcr in the xiiij*^ yere of the 
Reigne of Kyng Henry the viiij^** [1522] of all my lands & 
tents w* thar App'tenncs in Hanley Wytnesith that whear at 
the Shir holden at Chest' the tuysday aftur clausu pashe in 
the vj yere of the Reigne of Kyng Henry the viij*^ [1515] 
Wittm Stanley of Hoton knyght Alexand' Radcliff of Ordis- 
hall knyght Rauff Ardron esquier Rog^ Downes esquier John 
Sutton esquier Ranulph flfyton Clerc Wittm Bruge Clerk 
Ranulph Hylton Chaplen and Rog^ Lewins Chaplen Recouled 
agaynest me the said S"^ Peris Legh knyght and prest all my 
landez & tents w^ thar app'tenncs in Hanley by the name of 
xxxv" mesuagez oon wat' mylne CC Acres of lande Ix 
Acres of medoo CCCCC Acres of pastur A thosaund Acres 
of wood too thosaund Acres of more w^ thapp'tenncs in 
Hanley Alwhech Recouy was and shalbe to thuse of me the 
said S' Peris And of myn heirez malez & to the pformaciori 
of this my last will therof to be declared Wheropon I the 
said S' peris declare my last will in the ^missez in maft & 
forme folowyng that is to say ffurst I the said S*" Peris will 



^ In these arms the quarters are transposed and the cross of the Legh coat is 
indented instead of engrailed. 

=* From the Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No. 3 ; relates to Disley Chapel [J. P. E/J. 



WILL OF SIR PIERS LEGH. 37 



that the said S*" Wittm Stanley of Hoton knyght & all others 

his forsaid Joynt Recouls shall stande & be seased of and in 

all the said Mesuags lands & teflts w* thar app'tenncs in 

Hanley afor said to the vse of me the said S' Peris during my 

lyef And that thay shall stande & be seased therof to thaym 

and thayr heirez during the terme of tenne yeris Imediatly 

aft' the decesse of me the said S' Peris to thusez & intents 

ensuyng That is to wete, that the said S' Wittm Stanley & 

all others his Joynt Recouls of and in the singtr pmissz shall 

suffr Edward Molenex pson of Sefton Thurstan Tildisley 

esquier Wittm Trafford esquier James Downhill esquier & 

Robt Ardron gent whome I make myn executors of this my 

psent will to take & Receyue all thissuez & profetts of the 

same mesuags lands & tents w* thar app''tenncs cophended & 

specified in the said Recouy during all the said terme of 

tenne yeris all whech issuez & pfetts therof to be taken & 

Receyued by my said executors I will shalbe cdvehid vnto 

the monas?y of Sant Werburs in Chest' & to be put in saue 

keping in A substanciall Cofo' locked ther to be standeing & 

Remaynyng of my Costs & Chargs And that euy of my 

said Executo's shall haue A seuall locke & key apon the 

same and that my said executors in as shorte space aft' my 

decesse as thay in any wise cduenyently can shall w* the 

issuez and pfetts of the same mesuags lands & teftts w* thar 

App'tenncs in Hanley p'chase lands or Rents in fegh simple 

to and of the yerely value of tenne pownds or asmoche therof 

as I the said S' Peris af? the da? herof in my lyue do not 

purchese whech lands & tents or Rents so purchesed I will 

shalbe to thuse & intents conteynedd in c'ten indentures 

made or heraft' to be made concnyng the sustentacion of A 

Chapell that is by me the said S' Peris edified in Distley in 

the Countie of Chest' in the hono' of o' lady for eul mor 

P'uydait alwais that I the said S' Peris will that the said S' 

Wittm Stanley of hoton knyght & all oth' his Joynt Recous 

of & in the pmisS & thar heirez shall stande and be seased of 

and in the Cheffe place cald Lyme in Hanley w* certen lands 

in Hanley afof said cald Lyme pk in Hanley And the wat' 

mylne w4n the same pk pcell of the said mesuags lands & 

tents mecioned in the same Recouy to thuse of my son Peris 

or of hym that shall happen to be myn heire male of my 



38 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

body lawfully begotten codicionally that thay suflf^ my feofifez 
Recouers & Executors to accomplishe & pforme all & euy 
article cophendit in this my Will or any oth' my Willez of 
lands or goods w*owt lett or dist'baunce of my said herez 
malez or of any other pson or psonez in thar names or by 
thar pcuring abbetting or consent And if it happen att any 
tyme heraft** any of my said heirez malez or any other pson 
or psons in thar names by thar good will or consent let or 
dist'be my said feoffez RecouS or execute's to pfo'me & 
fulfill this my said will & all oth' my said willez or Any 
Article therof That then I will that the said S' Wittm 
Stanley and all oth's his Joynt Recouers feoffez and exe- 
cutors shall suffr my singtr good lord Cuthberte now bus- 
shoppe of London S' Wittm Molenex knyght & S' Wittm 
Stanley knyght Whom I make supviso's of this my will to 
haue occupie and Inioye to thame & thar heirez or assignez 
the said Cheffe place cald Lyme in Hanley And the oth' said 
certen lands in Hanley calde Lyme pk in Hanley and the wat' 
mylne W4n the said pke to thar awne vsez and pfetts during 
the space of xx^^ yens next and Imediatly aft' my decesse 
that thay in considacion therof may Ayde my said execute's 
that thay may peaseable pforme this my will and all others 
my willez accordingly Providait also that I will my said 
supviso's during all the same yerez shall resaonably vse the 
game ther And w* pcell of the said Reuenez & pfetts therof 
shall vpholde & Repar the saids Cheffe place & oth' buyldings 
ther edified And in lyke case the Ryng pale of the same pke 
in sur and sufficient maner And w* the pfetts of the said 
Recepts discharge thar Chargs & expens in that behalfe Also 
I the said S' Peris will that all my executors in the fest of 
Sant John baptist come Atwelmond aft' my decesse ox w4n 
XX** dais then next aft' apon my Costs & Chargs to be taken 
of pcell of the saids mesuags lands & teftts shall come vnto 
o' lady Chapell of Distley ther and then to haue A due 
accompts & Reconyng of all thar Recepts had & taken And 
so furth yerely aft' the same forme during the said tefle yerez 
or as long therof as thay shall haue cause for the execucion 
of this my will of & in the ^miss And for the pvision of such 
Anornaments & od' necessariss & expens that most be had 



WILL OF SIR PIERS LEGH. 39 

for the said Chapell conteyned in my will of my mano' of 
Dalton that then shall happen not to be completly made or 
vnpvidait And then & so from tyme to tyme at euy such 
meting of my said executo's thay do comyn to gethurs & 
conclude for the most spede of the Accomplishment of my 
said willez in euy condicion according to the true intents of 
the same And if my said executors do not applye thame 
selfe for the good expedicion of this my will according to the 
true intents herof in euy ptictr clause & poynt of the sam 
vv^owt omytting tyme that pved Then I will that thay ner 
any of thame shall any forth' medill as myn executors hot 
vtt'ly cease thar hands from the same & euy pcell therof 
And that then I will that all my said Recovers of and in the 
pmisS shall suffr my said singtr good lord Cuthbert busshop 
of London & the said S"* Wittm Molenex & S*^ Wittm Stanley 
to take & Receyue the hoole issuez & pfetts of the said 
mesuags lands & teftts in Hanley during all seasonez & 
termez aboue expressed to thentent that thay therw^ may 
plenaryly accomplishe this my said last will & euy pte therof 
w*owt plonging of tyme according to the singtr intents re- 
hersed And aft' this my will aboue rehersed be fully in euy 
condicion copletly executed & pformed according to the 
Articles of the declaracion therof & the conclusion of the 
same Then I the said S' Peris will that then & from thense 
furthe the said S' Wittm Stanley of Hoton knyght and all 
other his Joynt Recoilers and thar heirez & assignes shall 
stande and be seased of all the cheffe place cald Lyme in 
Hanley and the said other lands cald Lyme pke in Hanley & 
the wat' mylne w*in the same pke And of all others the said 
mesuags lands & teflts medowez pasturez morez and woods 
w^ thar singtr app'tenncs & lybtiez in Hanley afor saids 
Imediatly aft' the vsez therof & of euy pcell of the same as 
thay be de?myned & endit by Reason aboue declared that is 
to say to the vse of the heirez malez of the body of me the 
said S' Peris laufully begotton and for defaut of such issue 
male to thuse of myn heirez malez of myn Auftcestounrs 
made in tymes past according to the euydence and Auftceunt 
talez of the sam In witnes wherof I the said S' Peris Leofh 
knyght & p'st vnto these psents haue set my seale of Armez 



40 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

& subsc'bet the same w* my hande the day & yere aboue 

Rehersed. 

^. me Pet Legh. K* et prest. 
Endorsed. 

This is the will of S' Peres Legh knyght & preist 
wherin is appoynted Rents to be levied in Hanley 
to purchase lands for the mayntefince of ^3vice at 
Distley. 



€l)t WliH of C})omas( IBabenport, of iSatlmailotD, 

Iratelr 1523,1 

In dei noie Ame Anno dfii Millesimo quigentesimo 
vicesimo tercio vicesimo octavo die Novembris y* I Thomas 
Daueport hole in body & hole in mynd make my Wyll in y® 
man* & forme foloyng ffyrste I beqwethe my saule to 
Almyghty god & to hys blesset mod* owr lady saynt Mary 
& to all y® holy cupeny of heyven & my body to be buryet in 
y® chyrche of our blesset lady of Wylmyslow afore y® chancell 
zette. Also I gyffe my best beeste to be in y® name of my 
mortuary. Also I gyffe all my londes & godes aft* my decesse 
to Alys my wyffe excepte ij^ of y® londes & tenements now 
in y® holding of . . f^/^"^^^. . Jeffrey Alcoke which I have 
gyffen to owr lady sVice aft* my deptyng duryng her lyffe & 
aft* her decess iij^ iiij** of y® same londez which I haue gyffen 
by my dede to owr lady s*vice for eu*. And also excepte 
xxvj^ viij^ whiche I wyll shall be gyffen to Jone Daueport. 
Also I wyll y* iiij bushell of whete be delte to por* pepull at 
my bryngyng whome yf I deyle it not in my lyffe. Also I 
wyll y* it to be knowen to all me y* I have made noe feoffemet 
nor astate bot y* my wyffe may pleseably occupy e all suche 
londez & tenements as I haue gyffen by a feoffement to Henry 
Trafford psgn of Wylmyslow & Wyll*m Wylme of Oghtryn- 
ton & other & yM take apon my charge. Also I wyll y* 
non of my heyrys shall haue nor clayme no heyre lomys 
for my fad* nor J haue neu* non. Also I make my executors 
Alys my wyffe & S' Rob* Deveas truly to execute y^ my 



1 From the Fulshaw Deeds,/. 182 [J. l\ E.]. 



THE WILL OF SIR RICHARD SUTTON. 4 1 

wyll. Also I wyll y* Mays? Edmud Trafford of Trafforde 
suyer & Henr' Trafford pson of Wyllmyslowe be my ou'seers 
of y® my laste wyll which I haue sette my scale in y® p'sence 
of Robert Wal? Syr Thom'^s Hut Syr Rog' Hoghe Randull 
Daueport Rauffe Lycestr John Halderhed Thomas Hoghthe 
Wyll*m Alcoke George Mosse. 

On a small sheet of parchment Endorsed that it was 
proved xxiiij day of July 1526. 



Cfte Wini of Mv ilicftarti button, Hm'ffftt, 

Irateb i524^^ 

2 Qua media vita in morte sumus & omnes em morim' 
& quasi aqua in terram dilabim' que non reu'tetur 
2 Reg. 4 [for 14] Ideo Saluator noster volens nos 
omnes paratos invenire nos ortatur Et estote parati 
quia qua hora non putatis filius hfiis veniet. luce. 3" 
[for 12] Sed quia mortis tempus incretu est Nescit 
homo finem suu Ecci 9°. Et vt inquit stultu est in 
tali statu viuere que quis non audet mori Ideo &c. 

In the name of oure lord Jhu Crist etc I 
Rychard Sutton knight of hoole mynde by the helpe 
and grace of the most gloryfied Trynite the xvj day of marche 
yn the xv yere of the reign of kynge Henry the viij*^ orden & 
make my last wyll & testament yn forme folowynge FFYRST 
I bequeyth my sowle unto the blyssid Trynite throgh the 
meke p*yer of the most pure & mekest vyrgyn the mother of 
Jhu cryste my body to be buryed afore the ymage of oure 
lady Mer as hytt schall fortune me to dyscease with this 
Antem of oure lady Apon my grave Stone Sub tuam 

PROTECCIONEM CONFIDIM3 UBI INFIRMI ACCEPERUNT 

^ Sir Richard Sutton, of Sutton, co-founder of Brasenose College, Oxford. 
^ The quotations are from the Vulgate, and should be as follows : — 

(a) Omnes morimur et quasi aquae dilabimur in terram quae non reuertuntur. 

ii. Reg, xiiij, [now called ii. Samuel]. 
(d) Et vos estote parati quia qua hora non putatis Filius hominis veniet. 

Luca xij. 
{c) Nescit homo finem suum, Ecclesiastes ix. 



42 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

VIRTUTEM ET pPTER HOC TIBI PSALLIMUS DEI GENITRIX 

VIRGO. Item I bequeyth to the mast' of the Temple for my 
tythes & ofFeryngs forgotten & nott payde and also to praye 
for me xx® yf hytt happen me to discease ther. Item I 
bequeyth to euy [every] preist of the Temple by cause they 
schall say euy nyght dyrige durynge the moneth and masse 
of Requyem on the morowe w* note iij* iiij^ yf hytt happen 
me dyscease ther. Item I wyll that at the day of my 
buryenye be deyled [dealt] to poore men v^* [£s] ^^7 "^^in a 
penny. Item I wyll that A vertuouse priest be founde at 
Sutton or at Macclesfeld w* the pffetts of suche landys as I 
haue purchased yn Ches^hyre to pray for my sowle my fader 
& mother & all the pgenye sowles And for the sowles of kynge 
Edward the fourth quene Elyzabeth his wyffe Elyzabeth 
duches of Suffolk my lord Ryvers my lord Rychard my lord 
Thomas late marcus [Marquis] Dorsett Nycholas Talbott 
Crystofer Hyde And for all the sowles that god and I wold 
have prayde for. Item I wyll that the sayd preist schall euy 
weke for eu' [ever] on munday Wednesday & ffryday saye 
dyrige w* placebo for my sowle & the sowles afore sayd and 
saye mass wekely on mqnday of the Anniicyacon of oure 
blessyd lady on Wednysday of the fyve woundes of oure 
lord Jhu on ffryday of Jhu And so for eu [ever] & all other 
dayes schall saye masse of the daye Except a resonable 
cause lett the same. And I wyll that my cosyn John Sutton 
and hys heyres haue power to putt yn the sayd preist into the 
sayd chauntre and he be of mysgydynge to putt hym owte & 
putt yn another. PROVIDED that my sayd cosyn or hys heyres 
putt in a vertuose preist into the s*uice [service] wHn iiij weks 
orells [or else] I wyll that the bysshoppe of Chestre for the 
tyme beynge do putt yn a vertuose preist ynto the sayd s'uice 
to do as ys aforesayd. PROVIDED that hytt be nott piudyciall 
[prejudicial] unto my sayd Nevewe nor to ys heyres for the 
puttynge yn of the sayd preist into the sayd s'uice but 
alonly for that tyme a defawte schalbe yn hym or theym. 
Item I wyll that the sayd preist haue yerely iiij^^ xiij^ iiij^ 
[£4. 13^ 4**] for hys wages and that he haue lands appoynted 
unto hym for the payment of the same. Item I bequeyth 
to my Nevewe John Sutton wyffe on of my gownes. Item I 
bequeyth to Clements yn [Clement's Inn] xx^ ITEM I for 



THE WILL OF SIR RICHARD SUTTON. 43 

gyff Roger Legh of Pech^m viij" that I lent hym when he 
was fyrst maryed and also I bequeyth vnto hym a gowne & 

Item I wyll that my Obytt be kept yerely at Macclesfeld 
for eu' at suche tyme of the yere as hytt schall please god to 
call me oute of thys worlde And that diryge & masse be 
kept there And that euy preist therat beynge present schall 
haue v^ And the scole mast' of the gramer scole viij^ hertly 
[heartily] praynge hym that all the chyldren of the gramer 
scole may be ther to saye dyrige for my sowle and the sowles 
that god & I wolde haue prayed fore And I wyll that the sayde 
chyldren schall haue yerely ij^ yf thay do as ys aforesayd 
and yn lykewyse I wyll that my father & mothers Obytt be 
keptt yerely both at one tyme And the preist scole mast' & 
chyldren doynge as is aforesayd haue at dyrige & masse of 
euy yeres mynde of my sayd father & mother and me as is 
aboue rehersyd at my yeres mynde And I wyll that xx** of 
the yssues & pffetts of my londes yn Chesshyre go euy yere to 
the pformacon of euy of the sayd ij Obytts yn Chesshyre And 
that remayneth of the sayd xx* I wyll hytt be delyd amongs 
poore folkys at the sayd Obytt. Item I wyll & pray my 
cosyn John Sutton and my ffeeffees of my landys yn Chesshyre 
to pforme my wyll aforesayd and yf all my ffeeffees dye except 
i'lj then I wyll that those lij that ou' ly ve make a newe feofment 
to X psons of my lovers & frends to thentent aforesayd and so 
from tyme to tyme as ofte as nede schall requyre for eu*. Item 
I wyll that xl^ be spent abowte the makynge of the hygh 
wayes abowte Seynt Gyles yn the ffelde. Item I will that my 
lady Abbasse of the monasterye of Syon haue xxli to praye 
for me as I entend theyr weyle [weal] most lowly besechynge 
theym of their grett charyte to do the same to my powre 
sowle & to forgyve me. Item I the sayd Rychard wyll that 
all suche psons and theyr heyres that stande & be possessyd 
& seased of my howses & teftts yn Braynforthende whiche I 
late purchased of Jane Wolmer wydowe and of a close that I 
haue on the north syde of the Kyngs hygh waye ther shall 
stande be possessyd & seased therof to the vse of me the 
sayd Rychard and myn heyres And to pforme my last wyll to 
thentent that w* the pffetts of the same as fer [far] they wyll 
extende they schall goo towardes the ffyndynge of an honest 



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44 LANCASHIRE AND CEIESHIRE WILLS. 

preist to pray for my sowle and all the sowles that god & I 
vvolde haue prayde fore. And that the sayd preist schall haue 
all the pfifetts of the same towarde hys wages to teche all those 
women that yntende to be pfessyd & admytted vnto the howse 
of Syon & my lady Abbasse yf hytt please her to gyff the 
sayd preist meete & drynke & loggynge And the sayd preist 
to saye grace dayly and to gyff attendaunce apon the Stewerd 
of the sayd howse of Syon at dynner & supp' And to do 
dy vyne s'uice afore hym. ALSO I wyll that my sayd ffeoffees 
schall stande and be seased of the pmysses yn Braynforthende 
to thentent afore sayd vnto suche tyme my sayd lady Abbasse 
or her Successors may opteyne & gett of the kyngs grace hys 
hcyres or Successors suffycyent lycence of the mortifyenge of 
the premysses to the sayd Abbasse & her Successors. And 
•also lycence of the lordys medyate & immedyate And aft' 
suche lycence by theym opteyned & hadd of the pmisses then 
my said ffeoffees shall stande & be seased of the pmisses to 
the vse of my sayd Lady Abbas & her Successors for eu\ 
And that my feoffees schall make a suffycent astate & feoff- 
ment to my said lady Abbas & her Successors of the pmisses 
for eu' to thentent afore sayd so that the sayd lycence be 
ofteyned [obtained] & gotten w*in the space of xx*^® yeres 
next aft' my dyscease. 

Item I wyll & bequeyth to Thomas Sutton my berehowse 
at Braynforth brigge ende to hym and to hys heyres male of 
his body puyded [provided] allwey that the sayd Thomas do 
well kepe the repacons [reparations] of the s(ame & paye the 
chefe rent therof & res'uyd [reserved] & exceptyd vnto me & 
vnto my heyres the Thackyd howse on the west syde of the 
berehowse. Item I bequeyth to Wyttm Sutton hys brother 
yii Item I bequeyth to George Sutton hys brother beynge 
yn the newe College yn Oxford xl^ toward his ffyndynge. 
Item I beque)^h to the sayd Thomas Sutton hys hoole yeres 
wages aforehonde vnto the tyme he may gett hym a newe 
mast' w^n the same yere. 

Item I wyll that my nevewe John Sutton of Sutton and 
hys heyres haue all the pffetts of my landes yn Chesshyre 
Schropshyre & Derbyschyre ymmedyatly aft' my dysease so 
that they truely & yerely pforme thys my last wyll and so 
that he nor hys heyres do nott sell any pte of theym but 



THE WILL OF SIR RICHARD SUTTON. 45 

kepe a good howseholde and kepe his chyldren to the scole 
and help to sett loue [love] charyte Amongs hys neyburs. 
Item I wyll that my sayd nevewe haue the pffetts of all my 
lands yp. Totenhall Courte aft* the dyscease of my cosyn 
George Sutton & of all my other lands & heredytaments in 
Mydylsex except the lands and heredytaments afore be- 
queythyd to my lady Abbas of Syon & except the fflode 
mede whiche I gyff & bequeyth to my cosyn George Sutton 
of the quenys howse for t'me [term] of hys lyflfe And except 
other lands bequeythyd. Item I wyll that Rychard Sutton ' 
yeoman of the Chamber w^ the qwenes g*ce [grace] shall 
haue all those lands the which Lawrans Ledam holdyth to 
ferme in Istyllworth which be yerely v" & more. Item I 
wyll that my lady of Darfforde haue x marks to py [pray] 
for my sowle and those sowles that god & I wolde haue p'yed 
for And also I wyll that my lady of Dennye haue xl^ to 
doo lyke wyse. I wyll that my cosyn Ellyn Coplond have 
V marks to py [pray] for me. Item I bequeyth to my 
nevewe John Sutton of Sutton my beddynge & my howshold 
stuff that I haue yn the Syon & yn the Temple & at Seynt 
Gyles. And I wyll that he haue my Krymesyn veluet dub- 
lett & one of my best gownes & my cosyn hys wyffe an other 
gowne for to pray for my sowle & for thos sowles that god 
& I wold haue prayd fore. Item I wyll that my fvneralls & 
my dettes payd which ys non to knowlege that the money 
that remaynyth schall go to my cosyn John Sutton of Sutton 
[underneath erased and altered to " the pncypall & schoUers 
of Brasynnose to pray for my sowle & thos that god & I 
wolde have prayd fore.'^]. 

Item to the executynge of thys my last wyll and testa- 
ment yn the pmisses I orden and make the reulende [reve- 
rend] ffather yn god John bysshoppe of Calepole & mast' of 
Seynt Thomas of Akers yn London my nevewe John Sutton 
of Sutton, my cosyn Rychard Snede John Poorte s'geaunt 
at the lawe & Rychard Lyst and Rog' Legh of Rygge my "^ 
executors lowly besechynge theym to doo for me & my 
sowle as they wolde be done fore and charytable to se my 
wyll executed. Wherfore I wyll that the sayd John Poorte 
haue V marks for hys labure Rychard Lyst' v marks & 
Rych' Snede v marks And that all my sayd executors 



46 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

chary tably do for my sowle. ITEM I orden & make my 
sayd lady abbas of Syon & M' John Ffewterer gen'all con- 
fessor of the said monasterye And mast' Alexaunder Bell 
my gostly ffader ou'seers of this my psent last wyll and 
testament most humble beseechynge theym to forgyff me that 
I haue offendyd theym yn worde warke or thought And of 
theyr Charyte that hytt may please theym to pray for me w*^ 
all the holecovent as I trust I schall pray for theyrti in hevyn. 
I YE SAYD RYCHARD revoke all other fformer wyllys except 
thys present wyll And YN WITNES of the pmisses I haue 
subscrybyd this w' my seke hande by me S' Rye Sutton 

Kneght. 



Cfte 3123111 of *ir 3oI)n *tanlep,i of ^feanifort!), 

Iratetr is^y^ 

In Dei Nomine Amen This the laste wyll of me Sir 
John Stanley of Honford Knyght In this my wrytynge 
Indented vnder my scale declared and specyfied concern- 
ynge the disposicyon of all the Mano's mesuages Bur- 
gages landes Teftts Rents Comodites Reuercyons and fines 
with theyr appurtennces in Honford Bosden Asheton Sale 



' Sir John Stanley was the natural son of the celebrated Bishop of Ely and 
Warden of Manchester. The Bishop was well known as a gallant soldier, and is 
commemorated in some of the contemporary poems recording incidents at the 
Battle of Flodden, at which battle Sir John Stanley, then barely more than a boy, 
himself took a distinguished part. 

Sir John married Margaret, only daughter and heiress of William Hondford, 
of Hondford, who fell at Flodden. They appear to have had one son John, who 
married, but died subsequently without issue, when the estates passed to Sir Urian 
Brereton, who had married the widow of Sir John Stanley. 

In January, 1527-8, that is, six months after the making of the above will, 
the testator purchased " letters of fraternity " for himself, his wife Dame Margaret, 
his son and heir apparent John Stanley, and his sister Anne Stanley, from the 
Abbot of Westminster, and a few months later Sir John and Lady Margaret ob- 
tained a divorce from one another, so that they might severally devote themselves 
to a religious life. Sir John became a monk at Westminster, and probably died 
there ; his wife, however, as stated above, subseC[uently married Sir Urian Brere- 
ton, Knt. 



THE WILL OF. SIR JOHN STANLEV, OF HANDFORTH. 47 

Altryngh^m Badeley Fadely Torkynton Burlond Bromley 
Stoke Yaiton Buglawton Holmewalfeld and Hawkeslegh 
w*in the forest of Maxffeld w* thavouson of the Church 
of Ashton afforsayd in the countye of Chestur Off the 
wheche sayd Manors messuayges Burgages landes Tene* 
ments and other the premysses and of the rents proffits and 
Revenues therof commynge and growynge And also of all 
Other manors landes and Teftts nowe beynge in reuercyone 
To Dame Mergaret wyffe vnto me the forsaid Sir John Stanley 
I the said Sir John Stanley maye lawfullye therof and of all 
other the premysses make and declare my laste will durynge 
the nonage of the heire apparant of me the said S"^ John 
Stanley and of the said Dame Mergaret my wyffe of our 
bodies lawfully comynge accordynge to the couuen*ntes 
grauntes and Agrementes made betwene me the said S"* John 
Stanley and the said Dame Mergaret my wifife on the one 
and firste partie and Dame Kateryne Maynwairyng widowe 
on the second partye and Edmond Trafford of Trafford Esquier 
on the thyrde partye by Indentures tripertyte thereof made 
betwyxte vs berynge date the xij*^^ daye of February in the 
xvij^** yere of the Reigne of Kynge Henry the viij*^ in manor 
and forme as in the same Indentures more at large it is de- 
clared specifyed and conteyned. Fyrste I the said Sir John 
Stanley by this my will declare and ordeigne That the warden 
vicaries and reves of the college churche of Manchestur in the 
countye of Lancastur and their successours for the tyme 
beynge immediatly after they haue receyvyd this present 
will Durynge the Nonayge of John Stanley the yonger sone 
& heyre of the bodyes of me the said Sir John Stanley and 
Dame Mergaret my wyffe lawfully begotten beynge of thayge 
of thre yeres at the makynge of this present wyll shall have 
take levey and perceyve [sic] all Rentes proffites and Revenues 
of the sayd Manors mesuages Burgages landes Tenements 
and other the premysses Accordynge to the yerlye valew 
therof which yerlye valewe therof is estemed to be as it 
apperethe in a Rentale to thys my Wyll annexed to this use 
and Intente that the same Rentes proffites and Revenues 
by the said warden vicaries and Reves soo receyvid shalbe 
safTely layde up in a sure Coffer havynge tooe lockys thervnto 
wHn the said College And the said wardene and wycaries to 



48 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRIj: WILLS. 

haue one keye therof in theyr custodye and the sayd Reves 
for the tyme beynge to haue an other keye therof in ther 
custodye and then as well the said warden vycaries and theyr 
successours as the said Reves and theyr successours to dys- 
trybute and paye yerlye of the said Rentes proffittes and 
Revenues in fiforme ffolowynge That is to wete ffyrste To 
paye and Delyuer yerlye iiij" of the said Rentes profifytes 
and Revenues duryge the said nonayge vnto Sir John Bryd- 
doke preste to thentent that he therfore shall synge Masse 
daylye at the greate awlter w4n the newe Chapell of Sayntt 
John Baptiste vppon the Northsyde of the said college Churche 
of Manchestur And there to praye for the sowles of James 
Stanley somtyme Bushope of Ely of me the said Sir John 
Stanley and Dame Mergaret my wyffe oure heyres and 
auncestres and for the sowles of Willfh Honford Elen & 
Anne And for all crysten sowles Also I woll that vij^ ster- 
lynge of the said Rentes proffites and revenues shalbe euery 
weke yerly vppon the fryday Dystrybuted and gyven in almes 
by the said warden vicaries and Reves to vij Dyverse poore 
pepull in peny Dole w*in the said newe chapell durynge and 
by all the tyme of the said nonayge Also I woll that xl^ of 
the said Rentes proffytes and Revenues shalbe euery lent 
yerely vppon good fryday Distrybuted and gyven in Almes 
by the said warden vicaryes and Reves to poore pepull in 
penye DoUe w*in the said newe Chapell & church durynge 
and by all the tyme of the said Nonayge Also wheare as I 
am indettyd vnto the kynges grace for conduyt and preste 
money in the some of xlj^* v® iiij** and to the prior of Sainct 
Oswoldes Nostell in Yorkeshyre in the s5me of xxiij*^ xij^vi^ 
for a dett which James Stanley late Bushop of Ely owght to 
the said pryor I woll that the said warden vicaryes and 
Reves shall trewly content and paye of the said Rentes pro- 
ffittes and Revenues the said s5mes vnto the kynges grace and 
to the said prior w4n a yere and a halffe nexte after the syght 
and receyvynge of this wyll by the sayd warden vicares and 
Reves and when the said somes be soo payd vnto the kynges 
grace and to the said pryor Then I woll that the said warden 
vicaries and Reves shall frome thensforth yerlye duryng the 
said nonayge ley vp xxv*^^ of the said Rentes proffites and 
Revenues by it selffe in the said Coffire w*in the said College 



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THE WILL OF SIR JOHN STANLEY, OF HANDFORTH. 49 

vnto the tyme that the some of ccl. ii be saffely leyd into the 
said Coffre w* ye which ccl. ti. I woll that the said warden 
vicaries and Reves shall bye and pourchace landes and tene- 
mentes to the clere yerly valew of xli. ouer all charges as 
shortly as they convenyently can flfynd suche landes to be solde 
soo that the said landes and Tenementes of the clere yerly 
valew of xH be boght and pourchassed wyth in xv yeres next 
after the receyvinge of this wyll by the said warden vycaries 
and Reves or theyr successours And I woll that the said 
landes and Tenementes of the clere yerly valew of xti 
soo porchassyd shalbe to thes vses and intentes That is to 
saye That vii of the Rents and proffytes therof shalbe 
yerly to thuse and ffyndynge of Sir John Bryddocke 
preste durynge his lyfife to synge masse as is abouesaid 
And then the said payment of iiijti to hym to be payd as it 
is afiforsaid to ceysse and not to be payd And after his dis- 
cease yerly for euer to thuse of an able Chauntre preste to 
synge Masse dayly at the greate awlter w*in the sayd newe 
chapell at Manchestur afforsaid And ther for euer to pray 
for the sowles aboue rehersid in this will and I woll that myn 
heyres of my bodye lawfully comynge shall alwaye haue the 
nomynacyone of the said chauntre preste soo to be fownded 
and for deffaute of suche heyres I woll that the sayd warden 
and hys successours and the sayd Edmond TrafForde and 
hys heyres shall joyntlye for euer haue the nomynacyon of 
the said chauntre preste only to thuses and intentes before 
rehersyd Also whear ther is one chauntre of iiijti yerly 
stablyshed and fownded by me the said Sir John Stanley 
for euer to endure to a chaiintre preste w*in the said newe 
Chapell and for as moche as the sayd iiijti. yerlye is verey 
littell for a chauntre preste to lyue theruppon I woll therfor 
that landes of the clere yerlye valewe of xx^ of the said 
landes of the yerly valewe of xti soo to be pourchassyd as is 
aflforsayd shall yerly for euer goo and be to thuse of the 
said chauntre and to the augmentacyone therof to thentent 
that the chauntre preste therof shall yerly haue and take a 
C^ w* the sayd iiijti. Also I woll that landes and tenementes 
of the clere yerly valewe of xxx* of the said landes of the 
yerly valewe of xti soo to be pourchassed shalbe to this vse 
and intent that the rentes proffites and Revenues therof shall 



so LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

yerlye for euer be distrybuted and gyven amonges the sayd 
warden vycaries Decons Querestours clerkes and Belmane 
officers of the sayd college churche and theyr successpurs to 
be ratyd and payd to theym indyfferently after theyr 
auncyent custume in such case vsyd And they to kepe 
therfore yerly foreuer a solempne Obyte w^n the said newe 
Chapell the Mondaye next after the daye of the Concepcyon 
of our lady saynct Marye and a solempne Masse on the 
morowe nexte followynge and theratte to praye for the 
sowles before rehersyd And if it happen the said warden or 
eny of the said vicaries Decons Querestours Clerkes or other 
officers of the sayd College Churche at eny tyme to be absent 
and not present at the said Obyte or Masse then I woU that 
all suche somes and perceles of money of the sayd landes and 
tenementes of the yerly valewe of xxx* soo pourchassed as 
shuld be distrybuted and gyven amonges theym soo beynge 
absent frome the sayd Obyte or Masse shalbe distributed 
and gyven to the tooe chauntre prestes w*in the said newe 
Chapell as ofte and at euery tyme as suche defawte in beynge 
absent is made by theym as is afforsaid Also I woll that 
landes and tenementes of the clere yerly valewe of xxx^ of 
the sayd landes of the yerly valewe of xti. soo to be pour- 
chassed as is afforsaid shalbe to thys vse and intent that 
the rentes proffytes and revenues theroffe shall by the said 
warden vycaries Reves and theyr successours yerely for euer 
be dystrybutyd and gyven in Almes every lent on good 
fryday to poore pepuU in peny Dolle w*in the sayd newe 
Chapell & church to praye ffor the sowles before rehersyd 
Also I woll that landes and tenementes of the clere yerly 
valewe of xx^ of the said landes soo to be pourchassed and 
the rentes proffyttes and revenues therof shall yerly goo and 
be to thentent and vse That the said Newe Chapell shalbe 
therw* for euer vpholde and maynteyned and sufficyently 
repayred and to ffynd to the sayd Chapell ornamentes and 
all other thynges necessare as nede shall requyre alwayes 
hereafter by the ouersyght and appoyntment of myn heyres 
afforsaid and of the sayd warden vycares and churche reves 
and theyr successours Also I woll that the sayd warden 
vycaries reves and theyr successours shall delyuer and paye 
of the said rentes proffytes and revenues of the forsayd 






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THE WILL OF SIR JOHN STANLEY, OF HANDFORTH. i 5 1 

manours landes and tenementes in the prymes of thys wyll 
specyfied to the pryor and convent of the Cathedrall Churche 
of Ely or to theyr successours L. ti sterlynge w*in vii yeres 
next after the receyvynge of this wyll by the said warden 
vycaries Reves or theyr successours and the said pryour and 
convent or their successours w* the sayd L. ti shall pourchace 
landes and tenements to the clere yerly valewe of xl® and the 
rentes proffytes and revenues therof shall yerly goo and be 
and also made sure by the lawe to the sayd pryor and con- 
vent and to their successours for euer to be ratyd and 
dystrybutyd amonges theym yerly aftur theyr auncyent 
custume in suche case usyd and they to kepe therfor yerly 
for euer a solempne Obyte in the said Cathedrall Churche 
of Ely the Monday next before the daye and feeste of the 
Aniincyacyon of our ladye Sayncte Marye or w4n thre dayes 
therof and a solempne Masse on the Morowe nexte folowynge 
and theratt to praye for the sowles before rehersyd and for 
all crysten sowles and the sayd pryor or hys successours to 
pourchase the same landes and tenementes w*in the space of 
vii yeres nexte after the haue receyved the sayd L. ti. And 
yf it happen that they said landes and tenementes of the 
clere yerlye valewe of xl^ can not be boght and pourchassyd 
w*in y® sayd Terme of vii yeres by the sayd pryor or hys 
successours as is afforsayd Then I woU that the sayd some 
of L. ti shalbe yerly payd and distrybuted to the vses and 
intentes aboue specyfyed in manour and forme as the rentes 
proffyttes and Revenues of the same landes and tenementes 
of the sayd yerly valewe of xl" shuld haue bene dystrybuted 
as longe as the sayd L. ti wyll endure and streche And I 
woll that the sayd warjden vycaryes and Reves on their 
successours at the delyuere of the said L. ti. shall take a sure 
and sufficient bonde of the sayd pryour and Couent or of 
their successours vnder their Conuent seale in wrytynge of 
the some of a C, ti. to performe and fullfyll the same in 
euerye condicyon accordynge to the trewe intent of thys 
wyll Also I woll that the sayd warden vycaryes and Reves 
or their successours shall endever theyme to see that the sayd 
landes and tenementes of the said clere yerly valewe of x. ii 
soo to be pourchassyd as is afforsaid be made sure in the 
Tytyll therof by the lawe as lernyd Councell by theym 

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52 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

appoynted shall devyse it to be made by fyne, ffeoffament 
release recouuerye or otherwise to the vses and Intentes 
aboue rehersyd accordynge to the trew intent of this wyll the 
costes and charges in the lawe of the same suertye to be made 
to ryse growe and be of the forsayd rentes proflFytes and 
Revenues of the sayd manors landes and tenementes in the 
Prymes of this wyll specyfied in maner as herafter it is 
declaryd and specyfyed Also I woll that yf the sayd warden 
vycaries or theyr successours do not obserue kepe and per- 
forme all and euery artycle and condicyon on theyre partye 
and behalflFe to be obseruyd and kepte in maner and fforme 
as it is before rehersyd concernynge the landes and tene- 
mentes of the sayd clere yerly valewe of xii. soo to be pour- 
chassed and of the rentes proffyttes and Revenues therof 
comynge that then upon defawte therof made it shalbe law- 
full to the heyres of the bodye of me the sayd S' John 
Stanley to entre in to the same landes and tenementes of the 
sayd yerly valewe of x. ti soo pourchassed and theym to 
possede and haue onlye to thuses and intentes before 
rehersyd Or elles yf it shall happen me the sayd S' John 
Stanley to haue none heyre ne heyres of my bodye lawfully 
begotten that then vpon suche defawte made in maner as it 
is before rehersyd by the sayd warden vycaries or their 
successours it shall be lawfull to the forsayd Edmond 
Trafford and S' Alexander RattclyflFe of Hordesall Knyght 
and theyr heyres to enter into the sayd landes and tenementes 
of the sayd yerlye valewe of x. ii soo pourchassed and theym 
to possede and haue foreuer onlye to thuses and Intentes 
beffore rehersyd Also I woll that Incotinent after all the 
landes and tenementes of the sayd yerlye valewe of x. ti be 
pourchassyd establyshed and made sure by the lawe as it is 
aflTorsaid to the vses and intentes aboue rehersed That then 
w*in a monethe nexte after suche suertye as therof made the 
said warden vicaries and Reves or theyr successours shall of 
the said Rentes proffytes and Revenues of the forsaid 
manours landes and tenementes in the prymes of thys wyll 
specyfyed content and paye vnto the forsayed Edmond 
Trafford xx. H. sterlynge for hys payne and laboure takyne 
to see thys my wyll fullfylled and obserued in euery thynge 
and to be assistant and helpynge at all tymes to the 



THE WILL OF SIR JOHN STANLEY, OF HANDFORTH. S3 

same Also I woll that the sayd warden vycares and 
Reves or their successours After all the said landes and 
tenementes of the sayd yerly valewe of x. ii. be soo pour- 
chassed and made sure by the lawe as it is afforsayd to 
the vses and intentes aboue rehersyd that then w*in the sayd 
space of a moneth next after suche suertye is therof made 
shall of the sayd rentes proflfytes and revenues of the forsayd 
manours landes and tenementes in the primes of this wyll 
specyfyed take and receyve xx. ii. sterlynge to their owne 
vses to be distrybuted amonges theym ratably after theyr 
behavyoure in resonnable maner for theyr paynes and 
labours in this behalffe takyn and to thentent to see this 
my wyll obseruyd and fullfylled in euery thynge Also I 
woll yf it fortune that landes and tenementes of the sayd 
yerly valewe of x. ti can not be fully pourchassyd w*in 
the said space of xv yeres that then the sayd warden vy- 
caryes and reves or theyr successours shall w* the Resy- 
dewe of the sayd ccl. ti and w* more of the sayd Rentes 
proffyttes and revenues of the sayd manours landes and 
tenementes in the primes of this wyll specyfyed as nede' 
shall requyre pourchasse an yerly Rent in ffee of the 
marchautes of the staple of Caleys after xxx*^ yeres pour- 
chase more or lesse as it can be hade and opteyned to make 
and fullfyll the sayd yerly valewe of x. ti. soo to be pour- 
chassed And the same yerly rents to be made sure by 
thadvyce of lernyd Councell onely to thuses and intentes 
aboue rehersyd And if it fortune that the sayd yerelye 
Rent cane not be soo pourchassyd ne opteyned of the sayd 
marchaunts ne landes and tenementes to the sayd clere 
yerly valewe of x. ti. as is afforsayd Then I woll that 
the Resydewe of the sayde CCL. ti. remeynynge at the 
sayd XV yeres ende which shuld haue goone to the pour- 
chassynge and opteygnynge of the said landes or rentes 
of the said yerly valewe of x. ti. soo vnpourchassid shalbe 
yerly payd and distrybuted to the same vses and intentes 
aboue specyfied in maner and forme as the rentes proffytes 
and revenues of the same landes and rentes of the sayd 
yerly valewe of x. ii. shuld haue bene dystrybutyd as longe 
as the resydewe of the sayd CCL. ti soo remaynynge wyll 
endure and streche Also I woll that iijti. sterlynge of the 



54 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

rentes proffites and revenues of the manours landes and 
tenementes in the primes of this wyll specified shall yerly 
be kepte and layde in a sure place w*in the sayd college as 
is afforsayd to and for the costes and charges to be spent 
in the lawe to make the sayd landes and tenementes of the 
sayd yerly valewe of x. ti soo to be pourchassyd as it is 
afforsayd sure and lawfull to the uses and intentes aboue 
rehersyd and to and for the Defence and other costes 
resonnable as well of and for the same landes and repara- 
cyons of the same as of and for the deffence and repara- 
cyons and other costes resonnable of the sayd manours 
lands and tenementes in the primes of this wyll specyfied 
as nede shall requyre at any tyme herafter by the good ouer- 
syght of the said Edmond Trafford and his heyres Also 
I woll that the said warden vycares and reves or their suc- 
cessours shall content and paye of the rentes proffites and 
revenues of the forsaid manours landes and tenementes in 
the prymes of this wyll specyfied xv. ti. sterlynge yerely 
durynge the sayd nonayge at the feestes of the Natyvite 
of Sayncte John Baptyste and Saynte Marten in wynter by 
evyn porcyons to the Abbes and Conuent of the Nonnere 
& Monasterye of Barckynge or to theyr successours for 
performance of suche couuennts and agrementes as be con- 
teyned in wrytynge made betwene the sayd Abbes and 
Conuente and me the sayd Sir John Stanley Also I woll 
that the sayd warden vycaires and reves or theyr successours 
shall content and paye of the rentes proffyttes and revenues 
of the forsayd manours landes and tenementes in the prymes 
of this wyll specyfyed x. ti. sterlynge yerly durynge the sayd 
nonayge at the said feestes of the Natyvite of Sayncte John 
Baptyste and Saynct Marten in wynter by evyn porcyons 
to thabbot and conuent of the Monastere of Westmynster 
or to their successours for performance of suche couuefintes 
and agrementes as be conteyned in wrytynge made betwene 
the sayd Abbot and Conuent and me the said Sir John Stanley 
Also I woll that after the discease of me the said Sir John and 
of Dame Mergaret my wyffe the forsayd Edmonde Trafford 
shall receyve and take all the rentes proffytes and revenues 
of the Manor of Ashton vppon Mercey Banke whych is 
estemed to be of the yerly valewe of xl. ti. to the onely 



THE WILL OF SIR JOHN STANLEY, OF HANDFORTH. 55 

vse and ffyndynge of my said sone and hey re Apparaunte 
tyll he come and be of the full ayge of xxi** yeres And 
I woll that my sayd sone and heyre shalbe in the cus- 
todye and kepynge of the said Abbes of Barckyng tyll 
he accomplyshe and be of thayge of xii yeres and after 
the sayd age of xii yeres I woll that he shall be in the 
custodye and guydynge of the sayd Abbot of Westmynster 
tyll he come and be of hys full ayge of xxi yeres Also I 
woll that the sayd Edmond Trafford or hys heyres after 
the discease of me the sayd S' John and Dame Mergaret 
my wyffe shall content and paye of the rentes proffytes 
and revenues of the sayd Maner of Ashton xx. ti yerely 
durynge the sayd nonayge at the sayd feestes of the Natyvite 
of Saynct John Baptyste and Saynct Marten in wynter by even 
porcyons to the sayd Abbes of Barckynge and to the sayd 
Abbot of Westmynstur or to theyr successours to fynde my 
sayd s5ne and heyre and hys seruuntes meyte drynke and 
wayges conuenyent and all other thynge necessare vnto theym 
durynge and by all the tyme that he shalbe in the rule and 
guydynge of the sayd Abbesse and the sayd Abbot as it is 
afforsayd And I woll that in the meane seasson immedyatly 
after the forsayd somes be payd vnto the kinges grace and to 
the sayd Pry or of Saynct e Oswoldes as is afforsayd the sayd 
warden vycaryes and reves shall content and paye of the 
rentes proffytes and revenues of the sayd Manor of Ashtone 
XX. ii yerly at the sayd feestes by evy n porcyons vnto the sayd 
Abbesse and Abbot for the fyndynge of my sayd sone and 
heyr and his seruntes as is afforsayd Also I woll that all the 
Resydewe of the rentes proffytes and Revenues of the sayd 
Manor of Ashton ouer and besydes the charges aboue re- 
hersyd remeynynge after the discease of me the said Sir John 
and Dame Mergaret my wyffe shalbe delyueryd and payd by 
the sayd Edmond Trafford or his heyres vnto my sayd sone 
and heyre when he shall come and be at his full ayge of xxi*^ 
yeres to haue to hys owne propre vse And I woll that my 
sayd sone and heyre shall not be maryed tyll he come and be 
of the ayge of xxi** yeres and then yf he be mynded to marye 
I woll that he shall chose his wyffe hymsellfe by the good 
advice and Councell of the sayd Abbot of Westmynstur and 
of the sayd Edmond Trafford And I woll that he shall haue 



S6 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

all the proflfyte of his maryage money to his owne vse to be 
to hym delyueryd at hys full ayge of xxi*^ yeres And wheare 
as the sayd Edmond Traflford hathe an yerly fee or pencyon 
of xl^ goynge owte of the landes and tenementes in Honford 
afforsayd to thentent to see this my wyll fullfyllyd and kepte 
in euery thynge I woU that he soo dooynge shall haue and 
enioye the sayd yerly pencyone of xl^ accordynge to hys 
patent therof made Also I woU that the sayd warden 
vicaries and reves yerlye durynge the said nonayge shall 
trewly content and paye of the rentes proffytes and revenues 
of the forsaid manours landes and tenementes in the prymes 
of this wyll specyfyed vnto Kyrstouer Ashley xxvi^ viij^ To 
Thomas Hunte xx* to Roberte Delahaye xiij^ iiij** To Roger 
Cooke xiij* iiij^ To Gyles Halywall xiij^ iiij^ some tyme my 
housholde seruntes Also wheare as Thomas Sneyd lernyd 
in the lawe and Roger Leegh haue ether of theym an yerly 
fee or pencyon of me the sayd Sir John Stanley of xxvi^ viij^ 
And wheare also George Leegh of Manchestur hath an yerly 
fee or pencyone of xx® And also wheare GefTraye Browne 
hath an yerly fee of vi* viij^ I woll that they and euery of 
theym be trewly content and payd the sayd yerly fee or pen- 
cyone durynge the nonayge of my sayd sone and heyre soo 
and vpon condicyon that they and euery of theym be aydynge 
helpynge and assistynge w* theyr best councell labor and 
advice at eny tyme when they or eny of theym shalbe reson- 
nably requyred by the sayd Warden vycares or reves or by 
the sayd Edmond Trafford to and for the performynge and 
fullfyllynge of thys my wyll accordynge to the trewe Intent 
therof Also I woll that the sayd warden vicares and reves 
shall paye yerly durynge the sayd nonayge to Alexandre 
Marten xx^ To Anne Stanly isyster vnto me the sayd S' John 
or to her assignes xx^ To Mode Peers x^ To Agnes Davye 
wydowe xiij^ iiij*^ To Ales Byrome xiij^ iiij*^ Provided alwayes 
that the sayd warden vicares and reves shall yerlye paye the 
forsaid some of xv. ti vnto the sayd Dame Mergaret Stanley 
my wyffe or to her assignes durynge her lyffe And also shall 
paye the forsayd some of x. ti and the sayd s5me of xx ti. 
of the rentes of Ashton aflforsaid vnto me the said S' John 
Stanley or to myn assignes durynge my lyffe at the feestes 
afforsayd and after our disceasses then the sayd somes to be 



THE WILL OF SIR JOHN STANLEY, OF HANDFORTH. 57 

payd in maner and forme as it is aboue specyfied vnto the 
sayd Abbesse and to the sayd Abbot accordynge to the 
trewe intent of thys wyll And I woU that all and euery 
the paymentes aboue rehersyd excepte the payment of L. ti 
aboue specyfied to the forsayd pryor of Ely shalbegynne to 
be payd and delyuered Immedyatly after the receyving of 
this wyll by the sayd warden vycares and Reves or theyr 
successours And the sayd paymentes frome thensforthe to 
contynewe and be payd yerlye at the feestes afforsayd by 
evyn porcyons durynge the sayd nonayge accordynge to the 
trewe menynge and intent of thys will as it is aboue specy- 
fied Also I woll that after all and euery of the premysses be 
obseruyd kepte and performyd accordynge to this wyll in 
maner beffore rehersyd that then the resydewe and ouerplus 
of the rentes proffytes and revenues of the sayd Manours 
landes and tenementes specyfyed in the prymes of this wyll 
remeynynge shalbe by the sayd warden vicares and reves or 
by theyr successours devyded in to iiij parties and one parte 
therof to goo and be yerely to thuse of the sayd College 
Churche and newe Chapell of Manchestur and the seconde 
parte therof to be yerly to thuse of the churche of Chedyll in 
the countye of Chestur and the thryd parte therof to goo 
and be yerlye to thuse of the Churche of Ashton afforsaid 
and the fowrhte parte therof to be distrybuted yerly by the 
said warden vycares and reves euery lent on goode frydaye 
to poore pepuU in penye dole durynge the said nonaige w*in 
the said thre churches And they to pray for the sowles 
aboue rehersyd And as to the reuersyone of the forsaid 
manors landes and tenementes in the prymes of this wyll 
specyfied which shall come and be to theires of me the said 
Sir John Stanley and Dame Mergaret my wyffe lawfully 
comynge after the dethe of Sybill Warren and Margery 
Holford I woll that after the discease of the said Sibill and 
Margere or eyther of theym the rentes proffytes and revenues 
of the same manours landes and tenementes soo beynge in 
reuercyone excepte the landes and Tefltes percell of the said 
maner of Ashton shalbe yerly devyded by the said warden 
vicares and reves or their successours into fowre partyes 
wherof one parte shalbe by theym distrybuted yerly to the 
vses of the said thre churches and the seconde parte therof 



58 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

yerly to be by the sayd warden vycaryes and Reves distry- 
buted in Almes to poore pepull euery lente on good frydaye 
in peny dole w*in the sayd thre churches and the thyrde 
parte therof yerly to be by the sayd warden vycares and 
reves gyven to poore wydowes indyfferently to be delyuered 
to theym by evyn porcyons and the fowrhte parte therof 
yerly to be dystrybuted and gyffen by theym to poore 
maydens wHn the said thre parysshes durynge the sayd 
nonayge equallye soo that one of theym haue noo more 
therof then another Also I woll that all tenauntes and 
ffermours that nowe be in possessyone or revercyone of the 
forsayd maners landes and tenementes in the prymes of this 
wyll specyfied whech haue taken eny howse or lande to ferme 
of me the said S' John Stanley by lease promyse or otherwyse 
duely proved that they and euery of theym shall haue holde 
and enioye suche landes and tenementes soo takyn in ferme 
durynge theyr leasses and grauntes w*oute paynge of eny 
fyne or income. And I woll that the said Edmond Trafford 
after the dethe of euery Teftnte or Teftfttes of the said 
manours landes and tenementes in the primes of this wyll 
expressyd shall appoynte newe Tenauntes w*oute takynge of 
theym eny fyne or income And I woll that the reuerende 
ffaders in God Cuthberte Tunstall Busshoppe of London and 
Edwarde Erie of Derbye and Thomas Lord la Ware & John 
Abbot of Westmynster and the forsaid Edmond Trafford S' 
Alex' Ratclyffe knyght and my sayd sone and heyre ap- 
paraunte and their hey res and successours to be supervysours 
ayders helpers and assystentes to and for the obseruynge 
performance and executynge of this my laste wyll accordynge 
to the trewe intente theroffe in maner and forme as it is 
beffore declared and specyfyed whome I require and in the 
way of charite desyre to see that this my wyll be performed 
and fullfylled in euery behalfe In witnes of the premysses 
to eyther partye of this wrytynge indentyd I the said Sir 
John Stanley haue putt to my seale Yovin at Westmynstur 
the xxx*^ daye of June the yere of oure Lord God A. 
mcccccxxvij*^ 



[Signed] JOHN STANLEY K. •H-j-f 



THE WILL OF SIR JOHN STANLEY, OF HANDFORTH. $9 

The original will, of which the foregoing is an accurate copy, I found in 
August, 1867, among the muniments of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 
and is contained in one large sheet of parchment. The seal was then quite 
legible, but broken into two pieces. The arms thereon were ... 3 eagles* 
legs .... on a chief indented 3 bucks' heads caboshed .... Impaling, 
Quarterly i and 4 . . . . an estoile .... 2 and 3 .... a scythe .... 
Crest, an eagle's head erased .... holding in its beak an eagle's leg 

Attached to the will was another sheet containing the rental mentioned, as 
follows : — 

Q. L. Chester.] 



Rentale omniu terraru et teritor^ 
Johis Stanley militis infra coin Cestr 
pro festo Sti Johis Baptiste A*» R^ H. 
Octa^* 

H^nford. 
Imprimis the demayne lands ) ^ 
^ 

Rychard Hardey xx» 

Uxor Rauffe Benet xiiii* 

John Astyll vii* vii** and xxi** ob 

Uxor Thomas Ryle ix» and xxiii* ol5 

Thomas Hunt for John Ryles howse 

xii* vii* and xxiii ob 
Uxor James Dave xviii** 
Roger Cooke for Merget Holmes 

howse xii<* 
John Mosse xii* 
John Neldes x** 
John Mosse for the Mylne xx* 



Sm xix** xiij" ob. 

Fadely, 
Imprimis William Wilbram xxiii« viij** 
Thomas Palyn xxi* amc iiij* 
Thomas Sheynton xlvi" vi** ams iiij*^ 
Dave Woodwere xx^ 
Rye Bull x' vi** afns iiij** 
John Botteley ij" 
James Huxley xxij* vi<* ams iiij** 
Thomas Cartwryght xvi« ams iiij** 
Thomas Palyn v» viij* 
Agnes PoUet vi<* 
Cristouer Brayne vi« ix<* ams iiij«* 



Rentale omniu terraru et teritor^ 
Johis Stanley militp infra Com Cestr 
pro festo Sti Martini in hyeme anno 
R^ Henrici octavi 

Honford, 

Imprimis the dema3nie landes ") u 

of Honford to the gresse ^ 
Richard Hardey xx" and xviii* 
Uxor Rauffe Benet xiiii** 
John Astyll vii* vii* tac ij** and xxi<* ob 
Uxor Thomas Ryle ix* tac ij^ and 

xxi ob 
Thomas Hunt for John Ryles House 

xii* \^ tac ij* and xxiij ob 
Uxor James Dave xviij<^ 
Roger Cooke for Merget Holmes 

howse xii* 

John Mosse xii** 

John Neldes x** 

John Mosse for the Mylne xx* 

Geffron Brownes Benets and ) ...^ 

^ xviii 
Astiles for Mosse Chekyns ) 

Roger Downes for chiefF"^ ^-^ 

Rent of little Evangreff) 

Sm xix^^ xvii' iiij^ ob 

Fadely. 

Imprimis Will™ Wylbram xxiij* viij** 

Thomas Palyn xxi<* ams iiij^ 

Thomas Sheynton xlvi« vi^^ ams iiij<* 

Dave Woodwere xx<^ 

Rye Bull x« vi«* ams iiij*> 

John Botteley ij* 

James Huxeley xxii» vi*^ ams iiij** 

Thomas Cartwright xvi* ams iiij<* 

Thomas Palyn v* viij<* 

Agnes PoUet vi** 

Cristouer Brayne vi* ix<* ams iiij** 



6o 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Thomas Hurlbote iiij» viij** 
Will™ Wryght xi» vi^ ams iiij* 
Hughe Crage ix" ams iiij^ 
Robert Hurlbote xiii" viij^ ams iiij'» 
John Yevjnison xxv" ams iiij* 
John Aleyne ix* vi** ams iiij<* 
Wyll™ Huxley xv« vi^ ams iiij<» 
Uxor Thomas Yevynson xxiii^ ij** ams 

• • • • J 

John Damport xiij» vi^ ams iiij* 
Robert Brayne x* iij*» ams iiij* 
Roger Crecheley iij" viii«* 
John Whythed x» ams iiij«» 
Hugh Maynwarynge iiij» 
Hughe Rawlynson viij» ams iiijd 
Ro15t Sayvill xi» viijd ams iiijd 
Randall Sheynton ii« vi^ 
Rau£fe Betteley ij" vi* 
Will»" Hatton v« iijd ams iiijd 
Rychard Woodward xxij^ 
ChefFRentof-i 
Fadeley ] ^yl^" Wilbram x^ 

Wyll>» Wilbram for Thomas Dune 



Thomas Hurlbote iiij* viij** 
Wyll™ W^ryght xi- vi* amc iiij'* 
Hughe Crage ix* amc iiij** 
Ro^t, Hurlbote xiii* viij<^ ams iiij** 
John Yevynson xxv' amc iiij*^ 
John Aleyn ix» vi* amc iiij<* 
Wyll"» Huxley xv» vi^ ams iiij** 
Uxor Thomas Yevynson xxiii" ij* 

amc lU}^ 
John Damporte xiii" vi^ amc iiij<* 
Robert Brayne x» iij** ams iiij^ 
Roger Crecheley iij" viij* 
John Whythed x» ams iiii«» 
Hugh Ma)mwa3aynge iiij" 
Hughe Rawlynson viij" ams iirj** 
RotJt Saywyll xi« viijd ams iiijd 
Randall Sheynton ij* vi** 
Rauflfe Betteley ij« vi* 
Wyll™ Hatton v« iij* ams iiij"* 
Rychard Woodward xxij^ 
CheflfRentof^ 

Fadeley ] ^^^1" Wylbram x^ 

Wyll™ Wylbra for Thomas Dune 



* * * w 

Vllj« 


* * * A 

vuj^ 


Wyllyam Brayne ix^ 


Wyll"! Brayne ix* 


Theyres of Rydley vi** 


Theires of Rydley vi^ 


Thomas Bromley iij^ 


Thomas Bromley iij<* 


John Ma)mwayrynge xviijd 


John Maynwayrynge xviij* 


Roger Maynwayrynge iij^ 


Roger Maynwa)rrynge iij<* 


John Botteley ii« vi^ 


John Botteley ii« vi*» 


Theyres of Rychard Chomley iij*» 


Theyres of Rychard Chomley iij^ 


John Itell ii« vid 


John Itell ii« vi* 


John Brayne iij** 


John Brayne iij^ 


Peres Egerton x^ 


Peres Egerton x* 


Theyres of Herry Halghton ij* 


Theyres of Herry Halghton \f 


Rye Egeley iijd 


Rye Egeley iij* 


Homfraye Wylbram xviij** 


Homfray Wylbram xviij* 


John Aleyn iiij* 


John Aleyn iiij^ 


John Baddcoke xiij** 


John Badcoke xiiij** 


Theyres of Roger Graylay ot 


Theyres of Roger Grayley o^ 


Homfray Wylbram for Wylkynson otJ 


Homfray Wylbram for Wylkynson oU 


Theires of Plugh Halywell parseroti- 


Theires of Hugh Halywell par scroti- 


car j<^ 


carjd 


Sm xvij^* X* 


Sm xvij*^ x" 


Altringham, 


Altringham. 


Thomas Devyas v* 


Thomas Devias v* 


Uxor Wyll™ Herryson xxij<* 


Uxor WiU"^ Herryson xxii*^ 


Horsfall iij^ 


Horsfall iij^ 


Sm vii' j<* 


Sm vii' j** 



THE WILL OF SIR JOHN STANLEY, OF HANDFORTH. 6 1 



;8x«i 



Ashton, 
Imprimis John Arrall v" iijj<* ams 

xviij" 
Will™ Johnson xij* iij<* amc xviij** 
John Thomasson ix" iij* 
John Thomasso for the brode | ... 

acre & the yorde j "-^ 

Radale Barlow and James i 

Barlow for Caballs / ^^^"^' 

James Barlowe for Cloghes howse 

xiij" ij° amc xviij" 
Rychard Tomer xi* ams xviij** 
RoBt Thomasson v* xi* ams ix'* 
Will™ Barlowe xiij* ij* amc ix«» 
George Barlow viij" amc xviij*^ 
Randall Barlow xii" ij* amc xviij*^ 
The children of Bryan Hyndes ix" 

amc xvuj" 
John Barlowe viii" xi* amc xviij** 
John Whitlege iiij" i** oti amc xviij** 
The chyldren of Will™ Devyas xiij» 

iv** amc xviij* 
Herry Chorleton iiij* x* amc xviij<* 
Wyllam Johnson for a lond of ground 

James Taylour iiij* amc xiiij** 
James Holynpreste efk viij*amc 
uxor Rott Ashton / xviij** 
John Holande x" 
Uxor John Ferror ii" vi** 
Gylbert Arowsmythe iij' 
James Holynpreste ix** 
Wyll™ Myllyngton iiij<* 
Rawfe Kempe ix* 
Wyll™ Johnson for the Mylne hyll ij** 



Ro!5t Thomasson, James Bar- 
lowe, John Chorleton, Elsa- 
beth Barlowe wydowe for the 
wood hey 

Item for Turves to be solde "i 

' xx' 
yerely on Ashton mosse 3 

Smxiij" x»ol5. 



\V 



Ashton. 

Imprimis John Arralle 

Will™ Johnson 
John Thomasson 

John Thomasso for the brode acre 
and the yorde iij« x** 



James Barlowe for "^ xiiij* ij** amc 

Cloghts howse 3 xx* 
Rye Turner xi» amc xvij** 
Rotit Thomasson v* xi<* amc x** 
Uxor James Barlowe xiii* v<* amc x** 
George Barlowe viii" amc xx** 
Randall Barlowe xii" ijd amc viij* 
The children of Bryan Hyndes \x* 

ams xnj° 
John Barlowe viij* xi** amc viij** 
RaufFe Devyas iiij' i** o^ amc xvij<* 
The chyldren of "i xiij' iiij<^ amc 

William Devias i viij* 
Henry Chorleton iiij' x* amc xiiij** 
William Johnson for \ .... 

a lond of grownd ) ^ 
James Taylour iiij' amc viij*^ 
James Holynpreste & the "^ viij* amc 

wjrf of Ro^t Ashto ) 

John Holand v* 
Uxor John Ferror ij" vj** 
Gylbert Arowsmyth iij* 
James Holynprest ix<^ 
Wyll™ Myllyngton iiijd 
Rawfe Kempe ix* 
Wyll™ Johnson for ) .. 

the mylne hyll 3 ^ 
Robert Thomassone, James 

Barlowe, John Chorletone, 

Elsabet Barlowe wydowe 

for the woodhey 



vnj" 



xl« 



Sm x^* xvi" iiij* o^ 



Sin totalis per annum Ixxx.xix^* 
Memorand in Sibill Waren handes for her Joyntor and dower by the hoUe yere 



XX xv^* x* 



Memorand in Margery Holfordes handes for her Joyntor and dower by the hoUe 



yere xi" iiij" j* 



62 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



€f)t Wlill of IBiohtrt iUnglep^ of ^genroft, (Sdq.^ 

probei i528^i 

In dei noie Amen Anno dm M^™® D°*** xxiiij™** die mensis 
ffebruarij vicesio secudo : [1524-5] Ego Robert* Longley 
armi§ Copos ment* et Sane memorie (videns mudu hue 
fore Caducu ejsq) times fragilitatem & ne subito me mors 
occupet) Condo meu testametu siue meam ultiam voluta- 
tem in hue modii. In pmis lego aia mea deo oipotenti 
bte marie oibsq} scis et Corpus quoq meu sepeliend in 
noua Capella ex pte australi pochialis ecctie b?e Marie de 
Pstwyche. I? lego meu affliu noie mortuarij mei. I? when 
my fufiall expens* and my detts ben payed I will the residue 
of my goods by my executors be deuided into iij pts. On pte 
therof to the pformace of this my will as here after dothe 
ensue. It the secude pte therof to Aelenowre my wiff. I? 
the thride pte therof vnto my ij Sons Edmud Longley and 
Lawrens Longley Equaly by my executors to be deuyded 
to theym. H I' will my executors shall take of my 
said thride pte to y® flaggyng of y® flore of y® said new 
Chapell. I? I beqweth to y® Byldyng of y® poche churche of 
owre lady of Eccles yj" xiij* iiij^ to be payed and delyuered 
to y® said werke by my executors as the werke gothe fifurthe 
[above the amount is interlined " solu* iiij". It sot xxvj* viij^. 
It solu* xxxiij* iiij*^"]. I? I will that if eny goods of my said 
pte doyth remayne my executors shall dispose hit as they 
shall thynke most Conueniand. I? I beqweth to my Cosyn 
Robert Langley heire apparent vnto me the seid Robert A 
sylul pese w*^ A Coul to y® same My Best fether-bedde ij Cou]- 
letts ij blanketts A payre of schets A bolstur and ij peloys my 
Best hangyng of y® Chamber w* y® best Coflyng belongyng 
to y® Same bedde Also all thyges appartenyng vnto y* 
Chapell that is to witt A Chales A masse boke Al vestimets 
for A pst to saye masse w* An altare portatile w* oy) Cloths 
belongyng to y® aw? Also I beqweth to y® seid Robert 
on wayne A plozgh w* ij zoke of oxen my gratts potte 



^ From the Agecroft Deeds ; the document is on paper and signed by the 
testator, and bears probate endorsement [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF ROBERT LANGLEY, OF AGECROFT. 63 

my sylu] spones And a dosen of brode pew? dyschys A 
dosen of narrow pew? dyschys allso all thyngs apptenyng 
vnto y® hall as qwecionse w* y® hengyng of y® Hall. Itm 
I beqweth vnto my dogh? Anne Grenehalgh ij key w* ij 
Calves. Itm I will y* Elenore Longley And Johane Longley 
doghters of my son Thomas Longley if they will be rulet 
and Conselde by theyre broyl Robert Longley and by my 
executors and allso opon Condicion y* Cicile my doght in low 
late wyfe to my foreseid son Thomas Langley will be gud and 
kynde Maystrys vnto Thomas Schols his wiff and chylderyn 
and vnto all oy\ of hyr tenandes either of them v marks 
toworde theyre Mariage. Itfh I will on trentall of masses be 
songyn for me at Pstwyche y® daye of my buriall if so mony 
psts Cam yed that daye to saye masse. Itm I will an oy) 
trentall of masses shalbe sayde for my sawle at Maches? as 
hastely as Can be aft' my deceasse all opon an oy) daye. Itm 
I will y* my pst Syr John Mosse shall saye a thrydde trentall 
for my sawle Anone aft' my decesse. Itm I will the seid S 
John Mosse shall do and saye diuine ^uic at rstwyche for on 
yere for my Saule and all Crystyn Sawles and shall hafe for 
his stipende vj Markes weche vj Marks my execut" shall 
take vp of my pte of goods. Itm I orden my execu?s my broy] 
S Thomas Langley late pson of Pstwyche My son Wittm 
Langley pson of Pstwyche And Aelenowre my wiff To 
execute pforme and ffulfill this my testamet and last will 
accordyng to y® pmiss^ In wittnesse wher of I the seid 
Robert Langley hafe sett my Seall and Sigmanuell Yeven 
the Daye and yere aforeseid. 

[On the back is this line in the same handwriting as the 
will.] 

"Payed vnto Jone Longley to hyr Maredgh v Marks.'' 

[Endorsed.] 

Proved at Chester i April 1528. 

[Seal gone.] 



64 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



CJ)e miili of ^uftolas; Sotrrell, of |9earlrs!lep, 

profaeti i528*i 

In the name of God, Amen, the 15*^ day of y® monyth of 
Maye the yereofour Lord Jtiu anno M^cccccxxvii*^ I Nicholas 
Jawdreir^ of Erdesley beying in age and hole of body & 
mynde dredyng the uncerteyn tyme of deth make my testa- 
ment & last wyll as well of my soule & body as of my londez 
& goodez ffirst I wyll bequeth my Soule to almyghty god the 
fader y® son and the holy gost one god & persons 3, the verry 
holy trynyte our lady Seynt Mary & alle the Blesed Company 
in heyven & my body to be buried in Takkeshall Church 
among my ancestours & my best catall for my mortuarie & 
principall. Also I wyll y* myn executourz shall w* my 
goodez bryng me to the church ther to have dirige & masse 
of requiem as the man' is & to pay my dettez & incontynent 
after 5 massez of the blessed woundez to be seid for my soule 
also I wyll y* one kowe shall be geven & delyv'ed to y® 
servyce of our lady of Thakkeshall aforesaid, there to be 
prayd for. 

Also I wyll y* my son and heire apparaunt have alle my 
londez except as here after foloweth y* is to say I wyll y* 
M'get my wife have her dower & the 3rd part of alle my 
londez & goodez assigned w'out cost & trouble by my seid 
son & heir apparaunt & such as she will call of her counseill 
and also I wyll y* she shall have y* hous & londez nowe in y® 
holdyng of William Benet in y® Towne of Buggesworth in y® 
countie of Derby of y® same rent as it is rented at y® makyng 
herof to be in pte of her dower also I wyll that Otywell my 
son have duryng his life the hous & londez of Raufe Daven- 
port clerely to the yerely value of 20s. discharged of alle 
chief rents and y® ov'plus to be delyv'ed in money to John 
my son w*^ the hous and londez of Richard Nicson discharged 
of alle chief rent to y® yerely value of 20s. & where as y® seis 
hous & londes is nat yerely to y® value I wyll y* my son & 



^ From the Jodreir papers [J. P. E.]. 

* For the Jodrell pedigree, vide East Cheshire^ Vol. ii. p. 538. 



THE WILL OF NICHOLAS JODRELL, OF YEARDSLEV. 65 

heir apparaunt shall make hym a sure graunt of an annuell 
rent as moch as wyll make it out 20s. yerely to be yerely 
paid unto y® seid John at Midsomer & Martilmas by even 
porcions by my seid son & heir apparant & this to be made 
sure upon the cost of my seid sori & heir apparaunt for terme 
of y® life of the seid John. 

Also I wyll y* my seid son & heir apparaunt shall pay 
alle Kyngrents for alle my seid londe for t'me of lyve & lyvez 
of my seid wife & my yonger sonz Otywell & John & y® 
longest lyver and after ev'y of their decessez then. I wyll y* 
my seid son & heir apparaunt have alle y® seid revisions & his 
heirez of my seid londez according to the p'port of my olde 
dedez evydencez & copiez as by the same more pleynly 
appereth also I wyll y* Alice Berd have i heffer of 3 yere old 
or older & 6 shepe Also I wyll y* Anne Berd her suster 
have I heffer & 4 shepe. Also I wyll y^ Anne my doughter 
have a kowe. 

Also I wyll y* Margaret my wife & Roger my seid son & 
heir apparaunt be myn executorz to & for the p'formans of 
this my last wyll, also I wyll y* John Davenport be o9seer y* 
my seid wyll be pformed. In wittenes wherof I the said 
Nicholas Jawdrell to this my last wyll have set my seall y® 
day & yer aboveseid in p'sens of 

Humfrey Newton 

S' John Honsard curatt 

of Tacksall beeyng true w[r]ytt\ 

^ This present will was proved, approved, and taken before 
us the Dean of Macclesfield the 18*^ day of the month of 
May in the year of our Lord 1528, on which day and year 
administration of all and singular the goods and chattels of 
the within written deceased was granted to the executors 
within named sworn in the right form. Saving the right of 
every one. In witness whereof to these presents we have put 
our Seal of Office which we use. 



^ Translation of endorsement. 



66 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Cfte WBdl anir StoWximt of 3oJ)n aRitrsfep, of 

^pursftotot, uatrli 1528. ^ 

*' In the name of god Amen the xxiij day of the moneth 
of Septembr in the yere of owr lord god M^CCCCCxxviij^* 
and in the yere of the Reign of kyng Henry the eght af? the 
conquest of Englond the xx I John Aldsey of Spurstowe 
w*in the Countie of Ches? hole of mynde & body thanked 
be o' lord god declar this my last wyll concnyng my Measez 
lands & teiits w* their appurten*ncs in Spurstow Aldersey 
Acton & Hatton in the Countie of Ches? of Which Measez 
lands & teftts I the seid John Aldersey by my dede indented 
beryng date the xxiij day of Septembr the xx yere of o' 
souleign lord kyng Henry the eght [1528] haue enffeoffed my 
Ryght trusty bredern And frends Rofet Aldsey of Ches? 
Aldmann and Hugh Aldersey of Ches? iSchaunt Ric Aldsey 
of Pykton and Ric Bridde of Teulton to haue & hold the 
same to theim & to their heyres to the vse of me the seid 
John & my heyrez & to fulfill & pforme the last will of me 
the seid John Aldersey like as apperith by my seid dede 
indented here vnto annexed which my wyll & Entent c5cnyng 
the p'misses is as hereaf? foloyth ffirst I Wyll that my seid 
feoffes stonde and be seaset of all my seid lands & teftts w* 
their appurten*ncs to the vse of me the seid John Aldersey 
duryng my lyff And af? my decesse I will that my seid feoffez 
shall suffre my wyff to dwell in my best place & howse in 
Spurstowe and to haue & occupye the same And all & singt*^ 
the lands & tents pasturez medowes & leoses to the same 
belongyng w* it app'ten*ncs to her most Adv*untage And 
pfett in name of her hole dower & Joyntr as long as she will 
dwell there & be sole & vnmaried And to thentent to kepe 
Nurrysh & fydne my Child^'n & herez toged' & bryng them 
upp w* the pfetts & issues thereof And yff she will not do soe 
but mary her self then I will that my seid feoffez shall ord*" 
And assign to my seid wyf her dower & thrydds of all m}- 
seids lands and tents w^ it app'tn^ncs Accordyng to the Course 



From the Aldersey papers (J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL AND FEOFFMENT OF JOHN ALDERSEY. 67 

& ord' of the Comyn lawe Also I wiH that my seid feoffes 
shall take aft' my decesse all & euly the Rents issues & pfetts 
of all & singt' my seid lands & tents in Spurstowe Aldersey 
Acton & Hatton excepted afore by me willet & putt in vse 
as is aforesaid And therew* do pay all thexpenses & Costs of 
my funeracon the day of my buriall And also to pay all my 
detts whiche I shall forten to ogh And be indetted in the 
tyme of my deth And af? all the p'misses fulfilled I will that 
my seid feoffez shall stonde & be seased And possessit not 
oonly of all & effly the seid Measez lands and tents w* it 
appurten*ncs but also af ? the dissesse of my seid wyff of the 
reulcion of all such lands & tents as it shall forten my seid 
Wyff to haue to her dower as is aforsaid to the vse of my 
ryght heyres Accordyg to y® old evidens for eu) And he to be 
restowred therunto when he ciiyth to his leafull age In wittnes 
wherof to this my will endented I haue annexed my seid dede 
of feofifement endented And haue put to my Scale yeuen the 
day & yere Aboue written." 

1 Let all present and future know that I John Alder- 
sey of Spurstowe, co. Chester, "gentilman," have 
given, granted, and by this my present charter in- 
dented confirmed to Robert Aldersey, of Chester, 
Alderman, Hugh Aldersey, of Chester, merchant, 
Richard Aldersey, of Pykton, brothers of me 
the aforesaid John, and Richard Bridde, of Teuer- 
ton, CO. Chester, all and singular my messuages, 
lands, and tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, 
rents, reversions, services, woods and underwoods, 
with the appurtenances in Aldersey, Spurstow, 
Acton, and Hatton, co. Chester. To have and to 
hold all and singular the said messuages, &c., to 
the said Robert Aldersey, &c., their heirs and 
assigns for ever, to the use of me the aforesaid 
John^and my heirs, and to fulfil and perform my 
last will to this my present charter indented 
annexed. 

With clause of warranty. 



^ The rest of the document is in Latin, of which the above is a translation. 

F2 



68 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

,Ralph Aldersey, chaplain, and Randle Bomvile are ap- 
pointed attorneys to deliver seisin. 

Given at Spurstowe aforesaid the 23"* Sept. 20 Henry 
viii. [1528]. 

[Seal of red wax not heraldic] 

Seisin delivered by the within named attorneys to the 
within named Hugh Aldersey and Richard Alder- 
sey in the name of all the said feoffees at Alder- 
sey in the presence of Thomas Horton, Thomas 
Dod, Wyllyam Horton, John Aldersey, Thomas 
Nevell, Thomas Danyell, John Horton, and John 
Brid. 



2!2aai of buffer 3olireII, of f^tarlradtp, 

iratttr 1529^ 

In the name of God, Amen, the 2i«* day of the moneyth of 
January the yere of our Lorde God a thouusand fyve hundrethe 
twenty and eght, I Roger Jawdrell of Erdesley beyng hole of 
wytt mynd & remembraunce dreding the uncerteyne tyme 
of deithe declare my last wyll & testament in man' & forme 
foloyng. 

First I bewheithe my sawle to godd our Lady and all the 
Seynts in heyvyn and my body to be buried in the churche of 
Takkeshall nere unto suche place wher ar my fadurs bonez 
lien. And my best catel to go unto the parson of the sam 
churche in the name of my mortuarie. Also I wole that myn 
executours withe parcell of my goodez dispose for thelthe of 
my sawle as well in meyts & drynks diriges & masseze in 
thowse aft' my decesse as also for like doyng and obsVance to 
be hade at the churche in the buryeng of my bodye with 
oders charitable disposision & ordre theremends as shalbe 
thoght by them discretion most convenyent. 

Also I wole that all suche detts as I shall fortune to be 
oghing the tym of my departing be satisfiett of my goodez & 
catells in asshorte space upon my deithe as my said executors 
can make leyvye thereof. Also I wole that all and singuler 



WILL OF ROGER JODRELL, OF YEARDSLEY. 69 

the contents of the last wyll & testament made by my 
fader bering date the 15*** day of Maye the yere of o' Lord 
Jhu anno M^cccccxxvij as towching the behalfe of Margarete 
my moder and of Otwell and John my brethren & of ev'y 
of theym shalbe fferme stable & efifectuall and as moche as in 
me liethe by these p*sents I do ratifie & conferme the sam Sc 
ev'y parte therof for their more assurance therin. Itm I be- 
wheithe to the Rode of Chester a heyffur. Itm unto the 
Churchwardens of our lady in the Chappell at Disley then to 
be praid for a gowne. Itm to the Reef of our Lady at Tak- 
keshall a stokk condicionally that John Downez wole suffer 
the landez of o' Lady [to] go forthewards unto hir use & els 
nott. Itm to Leonard Shalcrosse a styrke. Itm towards the 
makyng of Wayleybrigge a stirk. Itm to Alyce Beyrde a 
stirke. Itm to my suster Amye a gowne bowndyh with 
purpyll velvett that was my wiefifs. 

Itm I wole that the rest of my goodez & cattals ov' the 
p'missez remayning except suche p'ticuler things as I shall 
hereafter in writing or by mowthe afor record gyfif or graunt 
shall holy descende and come unto thuse of Margarete my 
moder also I orden make and constitute the said Margarets 
my moder and the said Otwell my broder myn executours to 
& for the pformans of this my last wyll. Also I wole that 
Antony Shalcross and Nicholes Berde my brethren in lawe 
shalbe overseers & supervisours of this my p'nt last wyll to 
thentent they may see & cause the contents hereof fulfylled 
without delay or pUongyne of tyme consonant withe the tenor 
true entent & meianyng thereof. 

In witnes of whiche things I the said Roger Jawdrell 
hereunto have sett my seale the day and yeare beforewritten 
in the p'sence of Thomas Lewyns p*son of Rothewell, Thomas 
Damport chapleyn, and Olyver Clerk preist curate of the said 
church of Takkeshall, with divers others. 

[Not proved.] 



70 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

€f)t mim of William Clifton, enquire, of mSit&tb^ 

^all, m Hirftftam, liatelr 1537*^ 

In dei noie. Amen. 5*^ daye of y® moneth of Jan in y® yer 
of our L^ God Mcccccxxxvj I W°^ Clyfton Sqyer Beynge 
in gude & pfyte mynde & remembrance & seyke & deseasyd 
in my bodye make my testament & last wyll in man & forme 
folowynge fyrst I bequeth my soule to Almyghty god & to 
our Ladye saynte Marye & all y® saints in hevyn & my bodye 
to be buryed in y® pyshe churche of Kyrkham in y* place 
wher my ancestors are buryed. Also it is my wyll that Syr 
Alisander Osbalston Knyght & Wyfl*m Kyrkbye Squyer & 
their assignes shall take into theyr hands & kepynge af? my 
decease all the chylder parte of goods belongynge to Elyn my 
doigh? with all proffetts tharof & the same to dyspose for & 
upon hyr mariage. And I will that y® sayd Syr Alisander 
& Wyii*m Kyrkbye & their assignes shall have y® custodye & 
govnance of y® sayd Elyn af? my decease to se that she be 
maried accordynge to hyr degre as my speciall trist is in 
theyme. Also it is my mynd & wyll that all my *§v*nts dwell- 
ynge w* me shall have af? my decease eVy of theyme their hole 
wags truly payed for their ?vyce done and this their halffe yer 
wags ov to helpe theyme to s'vyce also it is my wyll that Thom*s 
my son & heyr shall have all man heyr loymez Remaynynge 
at my man place of Westbye w*owte any lett or denyenge. 
Also I gyffe & bequath to the sayd Tho* my son vj of my 
best Incalffe qwyez [cows] & vj bullocks whyche wer pastured 
in the Pele the last somiS. Also it is my wyll that the forsayd 
Syr Alisander & hys assignez shall have af? my decease for y® 
use & behoffe holly of Tho^ my son & heyr all my leace & bar- 
gan whyche I have of y® Abbot & cVent of y® Vale Ryall & for 
y® entet that y® sayd Syr Alisander may labur & take y® same 
bargayne of y® sayd Abbot & cVent longer time for my sayd 
son & heir. Also I wyll that y® sayd Syr Alisander Osbalston 
Knyght shall kepe Wyti*m my son to y® Scole & fynd hym 
meyte drynke & cloths unto Thomas my son & heyr come to 

1 From the Dodsworth MSS.y Vol. 79, /. 150. PiccopeMSS,, Vol. iii., 169. 
[J. P. E.] 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM CLIFTON, OF WESTBY HALL. 7 1 

hs full age And then y® sayd Thom*s to do ye same tyll y® sayd 
Wyfl*m be xxj yers of age. Also I wyll that Elyn my doigh? 
shalbe fownden in lyke maS meyte drynke & cloths tyll suche 
tyme she be maried upon the pfetts & advantags of my tacke 
y® whyche I have of y® Abbot & cVent of y® Vale Ryall. 
Also I wyll that Wytt*m my son shall have y® teyths w*in y® 
pyshe of Kyrkh*m vj^ xiij^ & iiij^ of ye nexte that falleth dur- 
ynge my tacke he payenge tharfor to Thom*s hys broth y® old 
Rente accustomyed. Also I dysyr & p*ye y® sayd Sir Alisander 
to Speyke w*^ our receyv®^ Thurstane Tyldysleye Squyer to 
helpe to gytt a graunte of a certeyne pastur callyd y® Pele 
aowe beynge in my occupacion for y® use & behoffe of y® 
forsayd my son Thomas. Also it is my wyll and dyssyr that 
y* forsayd Syr Alisander Osbalston Knyght Wyll*m Kyrkbye 
Squyer & their assignes shall [have] the custodye Rule & order 
of Wyll*m my yonger son & all hys chylds parte of guds w* 
all profetts tyll hym belongynge & also hys anuytye & all 
y® same to order & dyspose to hys most profifet unto suche 
tyme as he shalbe of lawful age & sufficiet dyscretion to 
have & gouv'e all y® same hymselffe. Also I wyll that Roger 
Banyster my brothinlawe have a fote of Kyllermer tythe, for 
the ?me of xii yers next ensewynge y® date herof payeinge y® 
old Rente accustomed also I wyll that Wyll*m Forshawe have 
anoth^ fote for y® same?me payeinge the old Rente accustomyd. 
Also I gyff & bequeythe to y® freers of Preston a cowe 
& calffe to say a tretally of messez for my saule & a buUocke 
w* a cut tayle to p*ye for my saule & for y® saule of Wyll*m 
Haydocke. Also I gyffe & bequeithe to y® forsayd Syr 
Alisander Osbalston a balde stag to be gude frende & 
father to my chylder as my trust is in him. Also I gyffe & 
bequeith to y® forsayde Wyll^m Kyrkbye Squyer a gray 
trottynge may) whyche was occupyed y® som last past. Also 
I gyffe & bequeith to y® stoke of our Ladye of Kyrkh^m iiij 
whyez [cows] to p*ye for my saule & to John Hall on quye 
[cow] of y® age of one yer & to John Herrison one quye [cow] 
of y® age of ij yers And to Syr Wyll*m Strynger p'st vj^ & viij^ 
& to Syr Thomas P'met my chauntre p'st vj^ & viij^ to p*ye for 
my saule & all c'sten saulez and I dyssyr ye forsayd Syr 
Alisander Osbalston & my son & heyr to be gude maysters 
to y® sayd Syr Thomas P^met for my sake & to se that no 



yz LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

man do him wronge. Moro9 it is my wyll that yf it fortune 

the sayd chauntre p'st to depte to Gods i9cye afore my son 

& heyre shall be of age of xxj yers completyd then I 

wyll that y® forsayd Syr Alisander shall have full power & 

autorytye by this my wyll to name admytt & put in a honest 

& well dysposyd p'st to y** same ?vyce & chauntre whyche can 

synge to mayteynynge of Gods ?vyce at Kyrkh*m aforsayd. 

Also I gyffe & bequeith to y® Churche of Kyrkh*m toward 

emendynge of owr Ladyez warke & oth' placs ther whyche 

neds most iij" vj^ & viij^ and to Syr Wyll*m Mosseoke p'st 

iij* liij*. Also I gyffe & bequeth to Syr Jamys Sheryngton 

p'st shall take & receyve for hys wags of Nicholas Shelicorne 

Squyer xl^ & oth' xl* of Henry Fysher of y® pyshe of Pulton 

whyche they awe me. Also it is my mynde & wyll that 

Isabell my wyffe schall have y® maS place of Westbye to ye 

entent to kepe howse ther kepynge hyr wydowe & also to 

have y® demayne tharto belongynge to hyr awne use & 

proffet. Also I wyll that she shall have to hyr awne use & 

behoffe to helpe to kepe hyr howse w* at Westbye all y® 

tythe of y® townshyppe of Westbye she payenge tharfor 

the yerly Rente dew & accustomyd. Also I wyll that Isabell 

my wyffe shall have the halffe of all ma8 of Incomes & pro- 

fetts of all y® tythe of Kyrkh*m pyshe when they fall tyll my 

son & heyr be of lawfuU age. Also I wyll that the sayd Syr 

Alisander Osbalston ner Thom*s my son & heyr & Isabell my 

wyffe shall not hurte no tennant ner Farmer whyche I have 

remyttyd in my tyme & ye residew of all my guds ov & 

besyde my legacs after my detts payed my buriall dyschargyd 

I %y^^ & bequeth to my sayd wyffe, Wyll^m my son, &' Elyn 

my doighter, to be distributyd emong them accordyng to ryght 

& gude consiens. And I ordene & ij^':'^";-^ Isabell my wyffe 

Thomas my son Syr Alisander Osbaldston knyght & Wyll^m 

Kyrkbye Squyer my tru & lawfuU executor's to see ths my 

p'sent testament & last wyll be truly fulfyllyd & accomplyshed 

in all thyngs in ma8 & forme above specified & rehersyd as 

my speciall trust is in they me. In wytnes wherof to ths 

my p'sent testament I y® sayd Wyll*m Clyfton Squyer have 

set to my seale y® day & y® yer above wrytten. M^ that these 

bene y® names of all those psons whyche wer at y® sealynge 

of ths my last wyll wrytten y® v^** daye of Januarii y® xxviij*^ 



THE WILL OF PIERS LEGH, OF BRADLEY. 73 

yer of y« reigne of Kynge Henrye y« viij*^ [1S36-7] Syr 
Wyll*m Strynger pyshe p'st Syr Thomas P^met chauntre p'st 
Syr Jamys Sheryngton hs chapleyne Roger Banyster Wyll*m 
Forshawe Hewghe Lathu John Herrison Hewghe Blevyn John 
Bonye John Hall &c. p me Nicholau Thornburghe. p me 
Thoma P'met p^st. 



Ut man uf ^lew leg*, of ^raUtej), tratelr 1539,' 

Thys Indenture comprehendyng and mencohyng the last 
will off me Peres Legh of Bradley in the County of Lane 
Esquier son and heyr of Peres Legh Knygli and preist made 
the Syxte day of Septemb in the xxxj^^ yer of the Reigne of 
kyng Henr the Eght [1539] in yerthe vndur cryste supreme 
hedde of the Churche in englande Concernynge the disposi- 
cion of my Mano*" off Dalton in the County byforsaid And 
of all my Mesuags l*unds tents Rents and s'uics with thar 
appurten*ncs in Hutton or elswhere belongyng to the said 
Mano' Aswell as of those l*unds and tents of myfi lyeng in 
Ouerburton and Aykbanke in the County of Westml*unde 
Wittenesythe that Wheyas the said S' Peres in hys lyeff 
off Truste Enfeoffed John Laurence Esquier Edward Redmayn 
esquier John Irel*unde esquier Rauff Legh of Stockewell esquier 
Wittm Wall Clerke Rauff Orrell and Rauff Ayscuo of and 
in the said Mano' of Dalton and in the saids Mesuags l^unds 
tents & other the syngler p'mysS As Appearithe by hys Dede 
theroff Bearyng date the xij^^ day of Marche in the xj**^ yer 
of the Reign of kynge henr the vij^ [1496] to the Entent that 
suche Will & Wills as he therupon afturwards schuld make 
and declar myght and schuld subaf^ncially be done & ex- 
ecuted The Wheche Mano' mesuags iHinds & tents with other 
thair appurten^ncs for the mor Assur^unce theroff Cristofur 
Dacre knyght Adam Hulton esquier Henr ffaryngton then 
esquier & nowe knyght Thomas Lewyns Clerke and Wittm 
Plumptre Clerke now lievyng togethere With John Aston 



^ From the Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No. 4 [J. P. E.]. 



74 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

knyght Edmude Trafforde knyght Wiitm Chetwyn esquier 
Richard Aston esquier Henr Redmayfi esquier Laurence 
Button esquier Thomas Kyflsley esquier Wittm Handforth 
esquier John Whytyngton esquier Symond Byrom Gierke 
Reynold Lewyns Gierke Humfride Newton gen? Wiitm 
Golwyche gen? Rauff Ascuo gen? and Wittm Sergeant gen? 
deceased lately Amangest other thyngs by Wrytt of entre 
opon disseason in the Post at the sessyons Holden at Lane 
the Monday next aftur the ffeest of thassumption of owr 
ladye the virgyn the xxiij*^ yer of the Reign of kyng Henr 
the vij* [1508] by for the Justyces of Assyse of owr lorde 
the kynge ther Agaynest the said S*" Peres Legh krxyght 
Recoffied as by the Recorde therof mor playnly wole Apper 
And theropon the sam S' Peres made and declared his Will 
& Willes theroff as appearithe by his Writyng vndur hys 
Seall & signe manuel made and subscribed bearyng date 
the ffirst day of decemb"^ in the xiiij*** yere of the Reigne of 
kyng Henry the Eght [1522] The contents Whearoff therein 
done Apper by Wheche Will Amangs other thyngs it is 
menconed & specified that Immediatly aftur thuses & t'mes 
theroff declared executed & detmyned the saids ffeoffs & 
Recoulers or others that shall then haue eny estate or in?est 
therin shall stande & be possessed theroff & pmytt the sam 
and eSy pcell theroff to descende Remayn growe & come to 
the right heires of the said S' Peres Whose son and right 
heir I the said Peres Legh esquier now st^unde The Wheche 
thynge & will w* the c'cumstaunce of all & syngler the 
^mys§ amangs other thyngs is so founde psented & brought 
in by Inqwesition hade at Wygan the xxviij*^ day of Aprill 
in the xx*^ yer of the Reign of kyng Henry theght [1528] 
Affore James Worseley knyght Escaeto' of o' lorde the 
kyng in the said Gounty of Lane vpon & Aftur the deith of 
the said S*" Peres by vertue of a Writt of Diem clausit 
extremu to hym theranends directyd as therby mor playnly 
the ma? doith & may Apper Wheche Will of the said S"" 
Peres Legh & all & syngler suche causes 8z. entents as the 
said S** Peres in the sam hys said Will Wilned to be done 
& executyd be now Accomplished pformed & playnly dis- 
charged Wherupon I the said Peres Legh esquier by my 
Dedes Indented and lyule of season therupon as in my 



THE WILL OF PIERS LEGH, OF BRADLEY. 75 

saids dedes playnly Appereth haue yeuen gr*unted & con- 
fcrmed to S' Marmaduke Tunstall knyght Andrew Barton 
Richard Holland esquiers And Wittm Hatche Chaplen All 
& syngler my Mesuags l*unds tents and hereditaments w* 
thapp'ten*ncs in Dalton and Hutton in the County of Lane 
to thentent that thay therwith shalle Accomplyshe pforme 
& fullfill this my Will & Willes theroff made or to be made 
That is to Wete ffyrst I the said Peres Legh Will that the 
said S' Marmaduke Tunstall k*^ and the other my saids 
Executours aftur the decesse of me the said Peres Legh 
shall yerly take & pceyue all thyssuez Reuenuys & pfetts 
of the said Man of Dalton & other the syngler ^myssz w* 
thair App^ten*nces to thentent that thay my saids Executors 
ther w* may content pay & discharge all & syngler suche 
detts as as [sic] I the said Peres Legh am oghyng to eny 
pson or psons the tyme of my decesse all wheche detts be 
writen & menconed in a scedule to this my last Will Annexed 
Also I the said Peres Legh will that the said Marmaduke & 
all other my executors schall yerely take & pceyue all the 
saids Rents reuenuys & pfetts of the said Man oi^ Dalton 
Hutton & thair App'ten*ncs as is Assigned menconed & 
declared in sundry deds of gyffte to thaym by me the said 
Peres Legh made & gr*unted of my said Man of Dalton & 
others the pmyssz to thentent that thay w* the sam pfetts 
as is Abouesaid schall discharge content & pay all suche 
sumes of money as I the said Peres Legh will shall be content 
& payd to & for the Mariagez of my doghturs That is to 
Wete for the Mariage of my doghtur Elsabeth Legh CC marks 
and for the Mariage of Marye Legh my doght' CC marks 
And in lykewise for the Mariage of my doght' Alice CC 
Marks condiconally that the saids ElsaK Marye & Alice 
my saids doghturs be Mareyd by thadvice of my saids 
executors and other my frends to such psons and placs as 
by the said my executors & frends shalbe thoght couenyent 
And if it Ch^unce eny of the saids my doght's of thair Awne 
syngler mynde to do contr*ye to this my Will in that behalfe 
of takyng a husbande then I will that my saids executors 
shall deducte the said sume or sumes to eny of my said 
doght' or doghturs so doyng as by thair discretion thay 
shall thynke conueniet Accordyng to the havynge of the 



76 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

man that thay or eny of thaym shall in this case of thair 
one syngler mynde take to husband contr*ye to the pport 
of this my will. Item I will that my saids executors with 
the saids Issuez & puffetts shall cause suche honest p'ste 
as I in my lieve shall name & assigne to celebte w** in my 
Chapell at Wynwik for thelthe of my sawle and of those that 
I am most boundon to pray for duryng the space of seyven 
yers next aftur my decease and to have stipende therfor 
yerely ffyeve pounds And if I do not assigne eny pste 
therunto in rtiy lieve Then it is my Will that the sam 
pste shalbe deputed & assigned therunto by myii Executo'^s. 
Item I will that euly my said Executors shalhaue for thair 
paynes & labur in executyng all & euly my Wills ouj & 
besyds thair resonable costs made concnyng the execution ' 
of my Wills seuerally ffyeve Marks to be taken of thissuez 
& puffetts of the saids Mano' mesez l*unds & teiits w* thair 
app'ten*ncs and the Moyte therof to be had & levyed to 
thair Awne vse the first yer next aftur my decease & the 
Reste & remaynent of the sam to be taken at suche tyme 
as this my p'sent Will & all others my Wills beii cluerly 
Accomplisshed and done Item I the sam Peres Legh esquier 
will that Immediatly aftur the syngler forsaids vses & t^mes 
be fully levyed don pformed & executeyd W^owt frawde gyle 
or collusyon That then and Immediatly afturwards all sutche 
psons havyng eny estate in the said Mano' of Dalton & others 
the pmyssz and thair heirs shall st*unde & be seased of and in 
the said Mano' of Dalton and in all and euly others the saids 
se3al Mesuags l*unds & teiits w* thair app'ten^ncs to thuse of 
my Right hey res ffbr efl In Witnesse Whearoff* I the sam 
Perys Legh Squier vnto this my psent Will have sett my Seall 
and Sygnemanuell the day and yere aboue Writen. 

[Signed] PERES Leghe. 

Esquyer. 

{Large red seal, illegible.] 



THE WILL OF JOHN BOOTH. 77 



Cfte 3189111 of Softn iSootft,^ ©ortor of IBibimtp, 
arrftljtacon of l^ereforlr, Iratfli 1542^ 

[In the nam]e of god amen the viij*^ daye off" august in 
the yere off o** lord god a M^ccccc[xlij] I John Bothe doctor 
off Devynitie and archdeacon off Herford off hoole mynde 
etc. doo make mye testament and last will in man and forme 
foloinge I bequeth my sowle to almightie god and to o' 
blessed ladie and 9gen Synt [Mari]e, and to all the holye 
companye off heven and mye bodye to be buryed in . . . 
Itm. I beq: one pece off arrasse off the storie off Thadeus 
contaynyng [in length] v yards and one quar? and in breed 
iiij yards one quar? and one neyle [to Ag]nes Bothe being 
mye heyre and itt to succede to the heyres off hyr bodye 
[lawfu]lly begotton as longe as itt maye indure. Itm I gcve 

to the sayd Agnes off tawne saten. Itm to 

the sayd Agnes one standyng cuppe pcell 

w* a Wice [?] and a cou] [cover] having a sokyn [?] upon and 

one fyne carpet Itm eve to Frances Both 

and Barbara his wiff one flanders chiste off 

lenthe and iij quarters breed. Itm I gyve to M^get Bothe 

my est wich I haue in the man place off 

Saghton accordinge he same w* xvj* oxen 

for ij* tewmes x* mylke kye eres ij heffers 

off ij yeres v sterks off one yere and iiij*- Ij 

ewes, Ij labes ij* horses wich is named lewes 

yff and beq: to Rog^ Bothe x" for one anuitie to be ... . 
duryng his liff off and upon mye lands lyeng in Molyng[ton] 
. . . cording to the teno' and efTecte of one dede of 



^ The testator, who was the second son of Roger Booth, of MoUington, co. 
Chester, Esquire, succeeded to the MoUington estates on the death of his elder 
brother, Thomas Booth, Esquire, in 1528, when he is described as being thirty- 
three years of age. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, and is said 
to have been collated to the archdeaconry of Hereford in 1522. He died on the 
Saturday next before the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 
[August 15], 34 Henry VIII., 1542, and his niece, Agnes Booth, daughter of 
his brother, Charles Booth, was found to be his heir and then aged nine years. 
(Ormerod's Cheshire, new edition, p. 380.) This copy is from the Piccope MSS., 
Vol.8,/. 156. Q. P. E.] 



78 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

anuitie unto my chaplens xx^ a pece. Itm 

to ix of my household wages. Itm I giflf 

to the College of Brasennose in my boks. 

Itm I giff to Migett one cheste in Saghton 

pe ware as dothe appere bie a bill in the same 

shall haue pte therof Itm I orden constitute my [trus]tie 
and welbeloued Wittm Eccleston and Ro§ Bothe [my true and 
lawjfull executors to dispose my goods to the helth of [soul 
These] being Wytnes @ Doctor Wolsott @ Wittm Standley 

Jac' Bibbe James Cower w* others. Yeven 

the day [and yer]e written. 

Witness off the same 
George Bell ) examined afore @ Chancelor att 

Thomas longton ) Chester iij* octobris a* dh 1542**®. 



Cftf mini of mtUm »otoe, of MmltsiUtUi, 

In the Name of God amen the seconde daye of 
October In the yere of our lord god M*™^ccccc**xlij® and in 
the yere of our sou'ayn lord King Henry the eight the 
xxxiiij^* I Ric Rawe'^ of Macclesfeld goyng on warrefare 
make my testament & last wylle in man* of forme folowyng 
that is to wytte ffyrst I comend my Saule to allmyghty God 
the ffather the Sonne & the holy gost, to the blessed virgyn 
mary mother of Jesu Crist my Redemer & Saveour and to 
all the Saynts in heaven, And my body to be buried where 
it pleaseth god to dispose of it, And I bequeth my princi- 
pals according to the Kings acts Item I bequeth unto my 
iiij Sonnes Edmunde Willia Raphe John and to Elyzabeth 
my doughter to every of them five markes w°** I woll that 
my Sonne and heir shall paye unto them, And if he denye so 
to doe then my wylle is that my Executors shall take and 
receyve yerely the Rents of these p'cells of ground folowyng 



^ From the Macclesfield Grammar School papers []. P. E.]. 

^ For a pedigree of the Rowe family, see Easi Cheshire, Vol. ii., /. 282. 



THE WILL OF RICHARD ROWE, OF MACCLESFIELD. 79 

that is to saye the Rents of the Pyrlewall, of the Essynecrofts 
of the litle Bullfeild with the mosse & croft Joyneing unto 
the same, unto such tyme as they shall receyve the whole 
Sume of XXV** marks for the use and profett of my said 
V children as aboue said ITEM I BEQUETH unto Alice my 
bastard dough ter j heflfer and ij shepe Item I WOLL AND 
CHARGE myne heire that he shall yerely pay & gyffe out of 
Haynes crofts xvj^ to make anniversarie of my Grandffather 
Richard Rawe which died the ix*^ daye of November to pray 
for his Saule and other as it woll apere by a ffeoffement for 
the same made to the maior of Macclesfeld to the Curat of 
the same Church and to other beyrying date Aniio Henrici 
septimi undecimo. Item I woll that my wyfe shall haue a 
waye throgh out the litle Bullffeild to cary & recarye through 
the same Corne hey & mucke to the Great Bullffeild with- 
out disturbance of my heir, And alsoe I WOLL that my 
said wyfe shall haue tymber of the Roughheye such as shalbe 
necessarie for her to buyld withall upon such ground as she 
hath in her dowry and Joynture at the delyverance of myne 
heire. The residue of all my goodes and Catalles my detts 
payd if ther be any and my bequests fulfylled I gyffe and 
bequeth unto my wife Werebur and to my three daughters 
Margrett Issabell and Alice, that is to say Corne Cattell Bed- 
dyng Brasse pewter . /"if^we m original.] ^ And of this my last 

wylle & testament I orden and make my Executors my 
wyfe Werebur and Edmunde my Sonne, And my kynsman 
Thomas Grene of the Watier to be overseer of this my last 
wylle and testament And for such labor & busynes as the 
said Thomas shall for the overseeing of the same to be full- 
fylled & done I woll that my wyfe and children shall susteyn 
& beyre & giffe unto him for his costes These beying wyt- 
nesses Thomas Marler the elder & Raphe Helegh Aldermen 
John Heginnbothom Geffrey Joneson and other And fur- 
thermore to this my last will 81 testament I the said Ric 
Rawe haue sett my Seale. 

[Original on paper. Mounted on paper for its better 
preservation.] 



8o LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Cfte Wim of jRoffer 3otrreII, of f^eartsJlep, 

liateli 1547^^ 

In the name of God, Amen. The fyrst daye of February 
in the yere of our lorde god a thousand fyve hundrethe fortie 
and vii and also in the second yere of the reigne of o' most 
dread sov'aigne lorde Edward the syxte by the grace of God 
of England ffraunce and Ireland Kyng deffendor of the faithe 
and in yerthe next and immediatlye under god of the churche 
of England and also of Ireland supreme heade. P Roger 
Jodrell of Yerdysley in the countie of Chester gentylman 
sycke in body and pTyte in remembrance do ordeyne and 
make this p'sent testament therein conteyned my last will in 
manor and forme foloeing, ffyrst I geve and beqwethe my saule 
unto almightie god to his mother Marye the virgyn w* all the 
holie companye of heaven and my bodie to be buryed wHn the 
p'yshe churche of Saynt Leonard att Tackessall. 

Itih I gyffe and beqwethe to every one of my servants one 
lambe. Itm I gyffe and beqwethe to my bastard sonne George 
Jodrell one heffer stryke of a yere olde. Itm I gyffe unto 
Wittm Woodroffe a lambe also further all the residue and 
remaynder of my goods, my detts payde, my funerall costs 
made and my beqwests discharged of the hole I gyffe and 
beqwethe unto Ellyn my wyffe and unto my chyldren to be 
devided amungst theym according to the custome of the 
contrey, that is to wytte the hole to be devided in iij parties 
whereof one p'te to Ellyn my saied wiffe and ij parts to my 
chyldren to be devided equallye amungist theym. 

Also I ordeyne constitute and make the affore said Ellyn 
my wyffe Richard Blackewall and Otewell Jodrell my brother 
my true and lawfull executors to see that this my p'sent 
tastament and last wyll be accomplesshed and fulfylled in all 
causes according to the entent and true meanyng of the same 
as my faithfull and especyall trust is in theym. 



^ From the Jodrell papers. 

" Eldest son of Nicholas Jodrell, of Yeardsley, whose will is printed on page 
64. For a pedigree of the family, see East Cheshire^ Vol. ii., /. 538. 



THE WILL OF ROGER JODRELL, OF YEARDSLEY. 8 1 

Thes beyng wittenes John Potte of the Dounge yeoman, 
John More of Wayley smithe, Nycholas ffedeler preist and 
pson at Tackessall w* others. 



Thes byn the detts and dutyes wiche I do oghe. 

In primis to Otewell Jodrell my brother 

Itm to John Jodrell my brother 

Itfn to Edmond KnoUes 

Itm to John Potte of the Dounge . 

Itfn to my sister in lawe Elyzabethe Knut- 

tysforde 
Itm to Alexander Benett 
Itm to Wittm Benett ... 
Itm to Hamnet Stockley 
Itm to John More 
Itm to Edward Downes 
Itm to Raffe Hurst ... 
Itm to Margaret Corker 
Itm to Henrye Claye 
Itm to Wittm Broke ... 
Itm to Wyttm Corker 
Itm to Otewell Jodrell my brother . 
Itm to Otewell Kyrke 
Itm to my sister Emme 
Itm to John Pownall ... 
Itm to Laurence Pownall 
Itm to Agnes Benett ... 
Itm to Alls Benett 
Itm to John Stafford ... 
Itm to Christopher Clayton ... 
Itm to Richard Mellor 
Itm to Emme Potte ... 
Itfh to John Sharte ... 
Itm to Henrye Claye 
Itm to Wittm Corker 
Itm to Syr James Broke 
Itfh to Margerye Hadfeld 
Itfh to Chrystofer Benet of Kedylsome 
Itfh to Jams Waryngton 

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82 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Itm to Thomas Benett o 7^ o 

Itm ux James Sharte ... o o 20** 

Thes ben the detts y* byn owyng unto me. 

Inprimis Edward Woullowe ... o & i** 

Itm the wiffe of Rafife Hyll ... - o 2* o 

This present will was proved before us George Wymes- 
leyen [Wylmesleye] Bachelor of Laws, Vicar in spiritualities 
to the most reverend Father in Christ Lord John by divine 
permission Bishop of Chester by the authority of the most 
illustrious Prince in Christ and our Lord Edward by the 
grace of God, King of England, &c. [No date.] 



Cfte aaaill of eilm Sotirell, of gearMtp, OTftroto^ 

In dei noie Amen, the i8*^ April 1548, I Elyn Jowdrell,^ 
wedowe, late wief of Roger Jowdrell of Yourdisley, decessed. 
First I bequeth my soule to Almyghty god, besechyng our 
blessed lady, Seynt Mary the Vyrgyn and alle y® holy com- 
pany of heyven to pray for me. And my body to be buried 
in the pissh Church of Tackesall. Also after y* my body be 
buryed, my funerall expences discharged, my detts and the 
detts of my said late husband contented and paid, the ressidue 
of all and syngler my goodes movable and unmovable, I gifue 
and bequeth to my son Otiwell, and to my daughters Mary, 
Grace, Ame, Elyn, Barbara, and Martha, to be equally and 
indeferently divided amongst theym. 

Also I gifue and grant to my seid son Otiwell for the term 
of his lif naturall one messuage and alle lands &c. to the same 
messuage belongyng in Twemlowe co. Chester, now in the 
tenure of Roger Cadman, And also thre closes or pastures, 
one called the great Seynlowes, and the other the Bromefild 



^ From the Jodrell papers. 
* See preceding will. 



THE WILL OF ELLIN JODRELL, OF YEARDSLEY. 83 

in Twemlowe aforesaid, nowe in the holding of my sister 
Elizabeth Knottesford, and the third called the little Seynlowes 
in Twemlowe aforesaid, now in the tenure of Hawys Taillior 
wedowe, And onepcell of ground in Twemlowe aforesaid, nowe 
in the tenure of Wittm Kenworthey, to have, hold &c. alle the 
seid messuage, lands Sec. to the said Otiwell and his assignes 
duryng his lif naturall, paying yerely therfor to y® Kyngs 
Magestie, seyven shillyngs, six penyes, as hath been used to 
be paid out of such lands &c. which I haue in Twemlowe 
aforeseid. Alle which messuage, lands &c. I will shall be as 
sure and firme in y® lawe to the said Otiwell for his life naturall, 
as by counseill lerned in y® lawe can be devised. 

Also all other messuages, lands &c. which I haue in Twem- 
lowe and Knottesford in y® Countie of Chester aforeseid, I 
gifue and bequeith to my seid daughters Mary, Grace, Ame, 
Elyn, Barbara, and Martha, to hold the same for the term of 
eightene yers next after my decesse. Also I will that myn 
executors shall receyve the issues of alle the seid messuages, 
lands &c, during the seid eightene yers aboue specified, to the 
behove and pfett of my daughters aforeseid, y* is to wit, to pay 
to every one of theym, twenty merkes apece, towards their 
manages or other pferments, at such times and after such 
manner as myn executors shall thynk most profitable for theym, 
so y* every of my seid daughters shall haue fully twenty merks, 
or else so negh thereto as the said issues, rents &c. will extend, 
so that the reasonable costes of myn executors shall be at all 
tymes allowed of the issues of the prymysses, accordyng to the 
true intent and meanyng of this my last will. 

Also I ordeyn and admytt Elizabeth Knottesford, my 
sister, Otiwell Jowdrell my brother in lawe, John Eyton, John 
Pot the elder of the Dunge, and S' Jamys Broke, Chapleyn, 
to be my lawfull executors, truly to execute this my last will 
to be performed as they shall aunswer afor Almyghty god in 
y* behalf. Also I will y* this my testament and last will above 
expressed shall stand and be good, firme and stable. Alle 
oyer Wills afor this tyme made by me the seid Elyn to the 
contrary in eny wise notwithstanding. 

These beyng Wittenes John Downes of the Bothoms, 
Wittm Bennet, John More, John Sherle, Laurence Pownell, 

G 2 



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84 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

John Pott the younger, and Rauff Taillior, and mony other, 
the day and year abovesaid. 

The detts of me Elyn Jowdrell, wedowe, which I do ough 
as herafter folwyth. 

ffirst to my brother in lawe Antony Shalcrosse xl* 
I? to Mergaret Jowdrell doughter to my late 
husbond for a full satisfaccion and payment 
of and for her childs pte of her father[s] 

goodes ... ... ... ... •.. ... m j ^ 

I? to John Pot the elder of the Dunge vj" viij^ 

[Latin] 

Proved by all the Executors before the Dean of 
Macclesfield 25 April 3 Edward vi [iS49]- 

[Signed] WiLLlAM LEIGH, dean 

of Macclesfeld. 



€f)t WLill of Cftomas; Cvatortr, of 3Srftige 

Craffjorli, Irateb 1548^^ 

" In dei Noie amen The xxvj*^ of September the yere of 
o^ Lorde god A thousande fyue hundred forty And Eyghte & 
ynn the yere of the raigne of o' most Dred soveraigne Lord 
Lord Edwarde the sixte by the grace of god of England 
fifrance & Ireland kinge Defendor of the ffaithe & yn Erthe 
immediate vnder Christe of the Churche of England & also 
of Ireland supreme heade the seconde I Thomas Troghefordc 
of Briggetroghforde in the County of Chester gentilman Sonne 
and heyre of Christofor Trogheford deceased beinge hole of 
body & of sane memory but fearinge the hower of deathe and 
yates therof w^*^ is to euery person certaine 81 the hower & 
tyme therof vncertayne make my laste will & Testamentc 



^ From a copy contemporaneous with original will, among the Bamston 
Deeds, Nov. 1890 [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS TRAFFORD. 85 

cocerning not only all my mess®* lands tenements rents 
reversions & servises whersoefl the[y] lye or be but also of 
all my goodds chatteles taks & fermes as herafter ensuethe. 
ffyrste I bequeath my sole vnto Almighty god & to o' Lady 
Seynte Marye his blessed mother the virgin & to Al the 
blessed company in heaven and my body to be buryed at 
Plemstowe churche amongste others my Ancestors ther or 
else where yt shall fortune me to dye And I will that my 
buryall be ordered after & accordinge to the discrecsio of 
rayne executors hervnder named And furder I will grante & 
bequeath as well all & every my cheef howse of Briggetrogh- 
ford w*** all howses to the same belonginge And also all the 
lands medowes lesowes pastures woods & Cofhons in Brig- 
getroghforde Chester Hale & Halewood in the Countys off 
Chester of the Citty of Chester & of Lancaster & elsewhere 
w***in the Realme of England but also all the Reversion of all 
suche meses lands & tenements w*** ther appurtenances w°** 
Ellen Troghforde my mother nowe hathe in Dower or Joynture 
when yt shall happen or fortune to come after her Decease 
vnto my welbeloved & trusty wyf Jane one of the dawghters 
of William Rodon of Burton w**^in the lordship of Bromffeeld 
w***in the County of Denbighe To haue and houlde the same 
vnto the sayd Jane & she to receaue & take yerly the rents & 
proffits therof for terme of her lyfe to pay & contente my 
debts w^ the same, and also to pay and satisfy my fower 
sisters towards ther seuerall manages twenty pounds apeese 
w°^ was bequethed theame seuerally by my sayd ffathers laste 
will & testamente. And after the sayd debts and mariage 
money payde as is beforesayd & after her decease then the 
aforesayd lands and tenements Rents & reuersions & servises 
holly to remayne to such yssue as my sayd wyff shall haue 
of her body by me lawfully begoten or for to be begoten And 
the remaynder to the heyres of that yssue lawfully begotten 
payinge vnto my fower sisters or to ther Children if ther be 
any lyvinge the some of fforty pounds over and besyds the 
porffis lefte by my^ffather. And yn defaute of suche yssue to 
remayne to my syster Elsabett & her heyres. And yf it 
happen the sayd meses lands and tenements and other the 
premises w*^ thear appurtenances to come and remayne vnto 



86 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

the sayd Elsabett I will that the sayd Elsabett shall pay vnto 
euery one of my sayd sisters if they be then alyue or to there 
Children fowerscore pounds over & besyde the porcion lefte 
theame by my ffather w®^ is to euery of theme w*** my said 
fifathers bequest & myne fforty pounds a peese And after the 
same payde then to remayne to the heyres of the body of the 
sayd Elsabett lawfully begotten And they to pay the same if 
any be vnpayde And yn defaute of suche her heyres to re- 
mayne to Margery an other of my Systers She payinge vnto 
the rest of my sayde sisters then lyvinge or to their Children 
as muche as shalbe behynde vnto theme and euery of theme 
vnpayd And to the heyres of the body of the sayd Margery 
lawfully begotten, And if it happen the sayd Margery to dye 
w^^oute yssue of her body lawfully begotten then to remayne 
to Margrett & she to pay as muche as shalbe behynde & 
vnpayde of the aforesayd bequest of my ffathers and myne & 
to the heyres of the body of the sayd Margrett lawfully be- 
gotten And if it happen the sayd Margrett to dye w**^oute 
yssue of her body lawfully begotten, then I will the sayd 
meses lands & tenements w*^ the appurtenances shall holy 
remayne vnto ruy Sister Mary & to the heyres of her body 
lawfully begotttn she lykwyse payinge all suche money as 
shall fortune to be behynde and vnpayde, as is before ap- 
poynted. And ynn defaute of suche her yssue to remayne to 
my righte heyres for ever And also I will that wheras Christo- 
for Knolls hathe of the gifte of my sayd ffather A tenemente & 
Lands thervnto belonginge in Briggetroghford aforesayd for 
terme of his lyf I will that after the decease of the sayd Knolls 
and after my decease the sayd tenemente and lands & the 
reuersion therof shall remayne vnto Vter , c^,***^J , myservante 
And he for his faithefull servise to me done to haue the same 
tenemente & lands thervnto belonginge w*^ ther appurtenances 
duringe his lyf naturall w^^oute paymente of any rente or 
other thinge for the same. And I bequeathe & giue vnto 
my sayd welbeloved wyf to pay other my debts heere not 
mended And after my sayd debts and expences of my 
funeratione done then the resydue of my sayd gooddes and 
Chattells I giue holy to my sayde wyf and for the perform- 
ance of this my laste will and testamente I constitute & make 
my sayd wyf Jane my sole executrixe In wittnesse wherof I 



WILL OF DAVID AP GRUFFITH AP LLEWELLEN. 8/ 

haue put to my sygne and scale in presense of the wittnesses 
whose names be indorsed. 

" These were presente att the sealinge of this will John 
Done Knighte Rondull Spurstowe esquier Hamlett 
Penketman yoman Hue Damporte sone & ar of 
parente [apparent] to John Damporte gentillman 
In wittnesse herof John Done knighte & RanduU 
Spurstow esquier haue subscribed hore names." 



€f)t wan of JBabftr ap (gruffitft ap %lt\s)tllm, of 

(gtBfsianp, iateli 1548^ 

8 Dec. 1 548. The last will and testament of David ap 
Gruffith ap Llewellen of Gwesany/ of the lordship 
of Molesdale, co. Flint, Containing the following bequests;-^— 
" Item. I do bequethe all my burialles sheattes [szc] and 
knelinge places in the sayde churche of Molde amongste my 
saide three sonns abouesseid for euermore, but only excepted 
that Margaret verch Jevan ap Res haithe the hieste seate of 
one of the benchese next to the alter of the southe syde of 
the churche : — Item, I do bequeath to Janet of Llyn two 
yardes and a half of Yorkshier clothe to make her a cloke one 
hooge [szc] with a reade hedde . . . coverled and two 
sheetis with a pillowe. Item iiij cheeses, Item one heffer with 
a wite face, Item a hoope of every manner of corne beyng in 
the bearne : — Item, I do bequeath to Margaret verch Robert 
one sheppe : — Item, to the church-worke iij^ iiij^ at the sight 
and wylle of myne executours and ouerseers : — Item. I do 
bequeath vnto my goostly father Sir Davyd two shalynges." 



^ Historical MSS. Commission, Sixth Report, /. 422, MSS. of P. B. Davies 
Cooke, Esq. jj. P. E.]. 



88 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Willi of dSiitb^v^ l*ff&, of ^tou«fteali, ro. 
Cftesfter, fftnt, Irateli issi^ 

In the name of God, Amen, the i^^ Sept. 5 Edward vi 
[1551]. I Richard Leigh of Swinhead co. Chester, gent, sick 
in body and whole in mind. I bequeath my body to be 
buried in the Church of Rotherston before the Chancel [gate] 
there. I give and bequeath to Gawen Leigh my son, all that 
messuage with the appurtenances, lying in the Mosse howses 
within the dominion of High Leigh, and all those lands &c. 
thereto belonging, lately in the occupation of William Smith, 
of the yearly rent of i6s. iid. to hold to the said Gawen and 
his assigns for his life, paying therefore yearly to Johan 
Leighe mother of me the said Richard, 7s. 3d. during her life. 
Provided always that it shall be lawful for the said Johan to 
occupy and enjoy the crofts commonly called the Marled 
Heye and Erode Heye, parcel of the premises, during her life. 

I give and bequeath to Anthony Leighe my son the 
moiety of all that messuage with the appurtenances, lying in 
Comburbage, and the moiety of the lands &c. thereto belong- 
ing, now or late in the occupation of Thomas Berrowis, of the 
yearly rent o^ 23s. 6d., to hold to the said Anthony and his 
assigns during his life. 

I give and bequeath to Hamnet Leigh my youngest son 
all that pasture with the appurtenances commonly called the 
Leefeild, lying in Swinhead, now or late in the occupation of 
Richard Robartson, and of me the said Richard Leigh, of the 
old rent of 13s. 4d., to hold to the said Hamnet and his 
assigns during his life, paying therefore yearly to Gawen 
Leigh my brother, and Margaret wife of the said Gawen, 
13s. 4d. during their lives, and the survivor of them. 

Also my will and mind is that Johan my wife shall find 
and gWe meat, drink, clothes, and lodging to my said three 
sons Gawen, Anthony, and Hamnet, and shall occupy and 
enjoy all the said premises which I have bequeathed to my 
said three sons until my said sons shall come to the age of 2 1 
years. Provided also that if it happen my said wife to take 
her a husband and to be married, that then she shall not 
claim nor occupy anything which I have bequeathed to my 



THE WILL OF JOHN DAVYE, OF MOLD. 89 

said three sons. I bequeath to Johan my bastard daughter, 
an in-calf heifer, which I will that my wife shall deliver to 
her within two years next after the date hereof. 

Also " after that my bodie shall be brought to Christian 
buriall " and my funeral expences and legacies discharged, 
then I will that all my goods shall be equally divided into 
three parts, whereof I bequeath one part to my said wife. 
Also I bequeath to my said wife the other two parts to the 
use of my two daughters Margerie and Katherine. Also 
if it shall happen anything to be in this my last will, whereby 
any doubt or controversy might arise, then my executors and 
overseer shall expound and interpret all such doubt according 
to my true meaning. 

And of this my last will I constitute Gawen Leigh my 
son, and Margerie and Katherine Leigh, my daughters, my 
executors, and Sir John Done, knight, my overseer. 

These being witnesses, Richard Venables, Gawen Leigh 
gent, Johan Leigh mother of me the said Richard, Marie 
Venables sister of me the said Richard, Hamnet Leigh, and 
William Wilkinson. 



Cfte WiiU of 3o6n jBabpe, of iMottr, iraUlr 1558. 

16 May, 1558. The last will and testament of John 
Davye^ [of Mold, co. Flint], who bequeaths his soul to 
'* Almightie God and to oure blessed ladye Saynte Mary and 
to all the celestiall company of heaven," and directs that his 
body shall be buried in " the mynster of Chester." Contain- 
ing the following bequests, — " vnto the churche whiche is to 
the buylding of the same xx*' vnto the churche of Sainte 
Michaelles vj® viij^, and to Saincte Brides vj^ viij^, and to 
Saincte Martyns vj^ viij^, and to Saincte Johns withowte 
Norgate vj' viij*^." The testator continues, " also I bequeith 
vnto my buryall, In primis to Sir Thomas Fynlowe v^ to 



^ Historical MSS. Commission, 6th Report, MSS. of P. B. Davies Cooke, 
Esq.,/. 422 [J. P. E.]. 



90 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

pray for my sowle, Further I leve and bequeithe a cowpell of 
oxson that I boughte the laste yere to the building of Moulde 
Churche where I dwell ; Also I bequieth a buUocke that I 
boughte of the Royde vnto the mendynge of the hye waie 
betwixte my howse and the Molld. . . . Also I bequieth 
vnto my brother in lawe John ap Edwarde a wood-knyfe and 
my best cote garded with veluet sad color ; Also to my uncle 
William ap Edward a gowne which is furred with lame 
[? lamb] throughowte and fared [sic] with blacke conye ; 
. . . . Also I bequieth vnto my father-in-lawe Thomas 
Salysbury of the Flynte a jerken of salten furred throughowte 
with lambe and fared [sic] with sables ; Item, another jerken 
of veluet lyned with taffeta embroidered which I bequeith 
vnto my cousyn John Pavye constable of Harden : — Item, 
also I bequeith vnto my brother Roberte lii yerdes of crym- 
sen satten with all the rest of my garmentes to bestowe them 
at his discretion." The testator also bequeaths his " cheyne 
weying vij ownces and a half" to his son Robert, who, how- 
ever, is not to have possession of the ornament until he shall 
have " come to his age." The testator's brother Robert, wife 
Jane, and son Robert are appointed full executors of the 
will : i.e. without an overseer to audit and pass their accounts. 



€f)t Wiill of 3oan iLegft, of ^toinei^eatr, 

812Bftioi», iatelr 1558. 

In the name of God, Amen, the 20th August 1558. I 
Johan Leigh, widow, being of health and of perfect memory. 
My body to be buried " w*Mn the pishe Church of Rosturne 
nere ynto the chauncell Doore there." 

I give and bequeath to my cousen^ Richard Venables 20s. 
I give to my cousen^ Thomas Venables brother of the said 
Richard, 20s. I bequeath to Elizabeth Venables and EUyn 
Venables, sisters to the said Richard Venables, 20s. apiece. I 

^ Grandchild [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF RICHARD LEIGH, OF HIGH LEIGH. 9 1 

give and bequeath to my cousen Gawen Leigh, 20s. To 
Anthony Leigh and Hamlet Leigh, brethren to the said 
Gawen, 20s. apiece. To Marg^tret Leigh sister of the said 
Gawen 20s. To Jane Leigh bastard daughter of my son 
Richard Leigh, 6s. 8d. if she be living at the time of my de- 
cease, but if dead, then the said legacy shall be given to the 
said Hamlet Leigh. To William Leigh son of Gawen Leigh 
my son, a cow. To Joane Leigh sister of the said William 
a pyed calf, and the feather bed I am accustomed to lie in, 
with all the clothes to the same belonging. To my daughter 
in law Margaret Leigh, all my waines, carts, whiles, ploughs, 
harrows, and ladders, and all other things to the same belong- 
ing. To my cousen Anne Crane my saddle and bridle. 

All the residue of my goods &c. I bequeath to my 
cousens Thomas Leigh, William Leigh, John Leigh, Anne 
Crane, Elizabeth Norris, Bridget Leigh, Marie Leigh, 
Katherine Leigh, Jane Leigh, and Julian Leigh, children of 
my said son Gawen Leigh, equally amongst them. I give to 
George Grayne 6s. 8d. And of this my last will I make the 
said Thomas Leigh and William Leigh my executors, and 
desire M*" Grindich [Grimsdich] to be supervisor hereof. 

These being witnesses Sir John Barlow, priest, John Glaue 
gent., Robert Barlowe, yeoman. 

Proved before John ffernehed, Dean of Frodsham, the 
7*** Feb. iSS8[-9], and administration granted to 
the executors in the will named. 

A true copy agreeing with the original, examined by 
Richard Eaton, Dean of Frodsham. 



cj)e aaatit of mtimti atigft, of ©15ft iieisft, ro. 

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 
Forasmuch as I Richard Leghe of Hieghe Leighe co. Ches- 
ter, Esquire, am appointed to serve the Queenes Majestic 

1 From the West Hall Deeds [J. P. E.]. 



92 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

in her Grace's martial affairs, in the North parts, where I well 
consider my life (according to the course of warres) must 
needs be oft in peril and hasarded, and the escape and pre- 
servation from the same very . . . and doubtful. There- 
fore meaning to meet with that uncertentie of life, do make 
this my last will and testament to the intent therein to put in 
certentie my laste will, both how I would and purpose the 
most precious thing that God hath created in me, and also 
my worldly substance which it hath pleased the almightie God 
to lend me here in this life, should be bestowed and disposed. 

And first of all I do committe both my body and sowle 
to the tuition and protection of the Blessed Trinitie so long 
as it shall please the same that my soule and life shall in- 
habite and dwell in that case of earthe, and whan these shalbe 
separate, than I do betake the same bodie to the earth where- 
of it came and is, and my soule to Abraham's bosome there 
to reste till the last trompet blow whan we shall all both 
quicke and dead awake and arise to receyue his iudgement 
that redeemed us with the effusion of his most precious 
bloud, And in the same I most instantly and heartilie be- 
seche him to extend the same pitie and mercie upon me and 
to all others that beleve in him that he did upon these at the 
time of his most bitter and cruell passion, when he said this 
day thou shalt be with me in paradise. 

And secondly I bequeth all my goodes moveable and un- 
movable, my household stuffe excepted, unto my dearly be- 
loved wife, paying my debtes that shall appeare in a Scedule 
to this my last will annexed. And my household stuffe I 
will shalbe disposed in this manner, — that myne executors 
shall vewe and see the same and to divide the same into 
three parts, whereof I will two partes to myne heire, and the 
third part to my said wife. Also I will that my said wife 
shall have the use and custodie of the said two partes gyven 
to myne heire if she wilbe bounde to delyver the same unto 
my said heire in as good plite and sorte as whan she receyveth 
it, whan he shall come and be of full age. Also I will that 
myne executors shall have, occupie, and enioy all my lands, 
tenements &c. in the County of Chester, and receive the is- 
sues and profits thereof during the space of xi years, to the 
performance of certain legacies hereafter following. 



THE WILL OF RICHARD LEIGH, OF HIGH LEIGH. 93 

I give to Elizabeth my daughter cxP^ to her marriage, 
which I will that my executors shall pay at the day of her 
marriage, which sum shall be levied in vij years, in this 
manner, of my Demeane at High Leghe, I will that my 
executors shall permit and suffer my said wife to occupy my 
Capital messuage &c. in High Leighe during the said xj 
years, paying yearly unto them therefore xx^^ at such times as 
they shall agree upon. And also I will that the said revenue 
of the said Demeane, after the said cxP* be levied, be em- 
ployed upon Peter Leighe my younger son to keep him to 
learning in the Innes of Court or elsewhere my said executors 
shall think most convenient. I will that if my said daughter 
Elizabeth die before she be married, that then the aforesaid 
cxl'* be bestowed upon my said younger son to keep him to 
learning as aforesaid. And if it fortune him to die that then 
it shall be converted to the use of my eldest son, to keep him 
to learning or otherwise as my said executors shall think most 
profitable to my said son. Also I will that my said executors 
shall dispose the residue of the issues of my said lands &c. 
which I think will amount yearly to vj^ to the bringing up of 
my said two sons according to their good wisdoms, and I de- 
sire that they will not only take upon them execution of this 
my said last will, but that they will also use their wisdoms, 
as my children may justly give them hearty thanks, and de- 
serve their goodness. 

And I do constitute and appoint my dearly beloved Sir John 
Holcrofte, Knight, John MinshuU, esquier, and Richard Birk- 
hened, gentleman, my good and lawful executors of this my 
said last will, and my said dearly deloved wife, and Mr. 
Gilberte [Gerrard], the Queenes Majestie Atturney Generall, 
overseers thereof. And as I (if the departed from this life 
have power to pray for the lyvers here upon earthe) will have 
you in continual remembrance with well wishing. So do I 
desire you according to our wonted friendship used upon 
earth not to forget me or myne affairs. 

Dated 6*^ Januarie, 2 Elizabeth [1560]. 

[Signed] Rychard Legh. 

[The seal gone.] 



94 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Theys bye the detts of Rychard Lygh. 

« • 

Wyllyam Jhonson ... ... ... • • . x * 

.11 

Thomas Aston ... ... ... ... vj 

John Astbye [?] iiij*^ 

Syr John Barloue nfv]^ viij^ 

[This will appears to have been cancelled as the seal 
is gone and it is cut through in two or three 
places.] 



Cfte 3329111 of Cftomasf ^ftarltlorke, of iMostton, 
near iHaniftwstert iattlr i57o*^ 

In the Name of God, Amen, the 2ist December 1570. 
I Thomas Shaclocke of Moston co. Lane, yeoman, being 
somthinge greved or payned withe sicknes, make and ordeyne 
my testament wherein ys conteyned theffect of my last will 
in maner and forme hereafter mencyoned. My bodie to be 
buried in the parrishe churche of Manchester in suche sorte as 
shalbe to the glorie of god and comforthe of my ffrendes. 
Also yt ys my will and mynde that Thomas Shaclocke my 
yonger sonne shall haue, hold, and occupie all that messuage 
or Tenement withe thappurtenances whiche he now hathe 
in his use, and occupation, together withe thre other closes 
called the Nanne ffilde, the Moore hey and the Pierre [?], to 
him and to his heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, for 
the term of 60 years, yeldinge and payinge therefore yerelie 
duringe the said terme to Robart Shaclocke my eldest sonne 
and his heirs 3s. 46. at the feast of the Natyuitie of Saint 
John Bap*® or within ffourtie dayes then next after, yf it be 
lawfullie asked, for all maner of Rentes and demandes 
therfore dewe. And for wante of the heirs male of the said 
Thomas then the premises to reverte and come to Roberta 
Shaclocke my eldest sonne and his heirs male lawfullie 
begotten and to be begotten, for ever. And for want of such 

^ From the High Leigh Deeds, West Hall Q. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS SHACKLOCKE, OF MOSTON. 95 

yssue to my right heirs for ever. And yf it happen that the 
said Thomas my sonne or his heirs male doe goe about to 
alter, inffringe, or breake this my said last will I meane do 
go about to bargaine, sell &c. the estate and estates of the 
premisses, or any part or parcel thereof from the person or 
persons, use and uses aforesaid, during the said term of 60 
years, contrary to the meaning aforesaid, that then imme- 
diately the premises shall wholly, absolutely, freely, and clearly 
come to the use and uses only of the said Robart my sonne 
and his heirs and assigns for ever, any Gift, grant &c. to the 
contrary in any wise, notwithstanding. Also it is my will 
and mind and I do give and grant unto Robart Shaclocke my 
son and heir apparent all and singular my manors, messuages, 
lands &c. which I have within the parish of Manchester or 
elsewhere within the County of Lancaster, To have and to 
hold all and singular the said manors &c. to the said Robart 
Shaclocke and his heirs male lawfully begotten and to be 
begotten, for ever. And for want of such issue to the right 
heirs of me the said Thomas Shaclocke the elder for ever. 
And whereas I have married three daughters, one to Richard 
Picrofte, another to Randill Kempe, and another to Edwarde 
Bowkerr unto which daughters I have given to every of them 
their full child's part of goods &c. And also I have one 
other daughter which is not yet married, viz. Alis Shaclocke, 
unto whom I give the sum of ;^I9 which is now in the hands 
of my said son Thomas Shaclocke, It is my will that she 
shall have the same immediately after my decease if she 
come to preferment in marriage or otherwise for her wealth. 
Also I give unto the wife of Richard Picrofte, one heifer, 
now in his holding. And to the wife of Randill Kempe 
xxvj^ yiij^ and to the wife of Edwarde Bowkerr xxvj^ viij^. 
Also I ordain, constitute, and make Elizabeth my wife, and 
Robart Shaclocke my son, my true and lawful executors. 
And I shall desire Thomas my son to be the supervisor and 
overseer of this my testament. In witness whereof I the said 
Thomas Shaclocke have caused this to be made, and have 
put my seal and subscribed the same with my hand the day 
and year first above mentioned in the presence and witness 
of Nicholas Gepson, Thomas Bicam, and John Gloverr the 
writer hereof, with others. 



96 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Debts which are owing unto me. 
Imprimis of Sir Wittm Radclyff, knight, 

\m»V«*V^» ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• X 

Itm. of John Chetam, gent, for a Geldinge 

sold vnto him ... ffoure mkes 

Km. of Laurence Langley for Ixxx loodes 

of blacke turves ... ... ... ... xxiiij* 



Clje aaafll of ^ir ioftn atfterton, Uniffftt, 

trateir 1573^^ 

Testamentum lohis Atherton mil. factum i8 Ap. 15 Eliz 
[1573] He willeth y* his manors of Atherton Slingesby 
Ffryton & Hovingham in co York & Lane shall after his 
death remayne to John Atherton his son & heir, & 800" to 
his 2 daughters Elizabeth & Margaret for their manages. A 
marigge to be made betwyxte John Atherton his son & heir 
& one of y® daughters of John Byron of Newsted. Danie 
Margaret Atherton wief to y® testat' shall have Atherton for 
her lief, xl^ a yere to Tho^ Warmesley of Lincoln's Inn 
student att y® Law for lyefe. His exors were John Byron his 
cosyn, John Atherton his son & heir, Edmund Asheton of 
Chatterton, Edm^ Hopwod of Hopwod in co. Lane. Esq', 
James son & heir apparent of the s*^ Edmund Asheton, 
Henry Towneley " my brother in law," in the said co. Esq", 
James Stocke of y® Cytty of York notary & W™ Rysheton 
his servant. 



Cfte Wiill of Cftomasf aUnartf, of Win\ton4ndl)e^ 
JBalf, 10^ liinu, ?&usftanlrmaiu tiatei i573*^ 

In the name of God, Amen, the 20 Nov' 1573. I Thomas 
Awarte^ of Walton in the Dale co. Lane, husbandman. " My 
Bodye to be Buryed in the churche yord of the Lawe at the 



^ From the Dodsioorth MSS.., Vol. Iviii. Piccope MSS.y Vol. iii., /. 44. 
* From the Agecroft Collection, Poulton Deeds, No. 83 [J. P. E.]. 
3 In Deed No. 84, dated 1606, this family name is spelt **Orte," Edward 
Orte, of Walton-in-le-Dale, being there mentioned. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS AWARTE, OF WALTON. 97 

discrecon of my executors." Also my will is that Elizabeth 
my wife shall have and enjoy for her life, all my lands &c. in 
Walton in the Dale aforesaid, now in the holding of me the 
said Thomas Awarte, and after the decease of the said Eliza- 
beth my wife, then the said lands &c. shall remain to Edward 
Awarte my eldest son, and the heirs male of his body lawfully 
begotten. Remainder to Henry Awarte my younger son, and 
the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. Remainder to 
Alis Awart my eldest daughter, and the heirs male of her body 
lawfully begotten. Remainder to Jhone [Joan] Awart my 
youngest daughter and the heirs male of her body lawfully 
begotten. Remainder to the right heirs of me the said 
Thomas Awart for ever. All my goods and chattels shall 
be divided into three parts after my decease, one part to be 
reserved for my part, another part for my said wife, and 
the third part to be divided between my three children 
Henry Awart, Alis Awart, and Jhone Awart. To Edward 
Awart my eldest son, a plough and plough irons to the same, 
two harrows, " a yrne teame," a yoke, two arks, " a almerie," a 
long board standing in the house, two stone troughs, a corn 
wain, a turf wain, and a pair of wheels. To Henry Awarte 
my younger son £^, All the residue of my said third part 
after my debts &c. are discharged, I bequeath to my said two 
daughters Alis and Jhone equally between them. I consti- 
tute and make the said Elizabeth my wife, and William 
Wudcocke the elder, my lawful executors, and Christopher 
Smythe supervisor of this my last will and testament. 

Witnesses — Robert Swansey, the said 
Christopher Smythe, Ed- 
mond Smythe, and Edward 
Swansey. 

Debts owing unto me the said Thomas Awarte. 

Imp'mis the late wife of Hugh Swansey ^ 

deceased and John Swansey her son > iij^^ ij^ viij*^ 
fortwo"kye" ) 

Itm Thomas Lussell of lent money xxiiij^ 

Proved 22 July 1574 by the Executors, before George 
Dobson, who signs himself as George Dobson 
Dean. 

H 



98 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Cfte Wiill of ©ame 3aiw (gerarli, Irattli i575*^ 

In the name of God Amen, the twenteth of Novemfe in 
yere of o' lord god a thowsand fvye hundreth seyventie and 
fyve and in the xviij*** yere of the Reigne of o' Sou'aigne 
lady Elyzabeth &c. I Dame Jane Gerarde of Bromley in the 
countie of Staff, widowe of good and pfytt remembrance 
thankes be geven unto god and meyninge to bestowe suche 
goods as god hath lend [sic] me in this worlde do & con- 
stitute, ordeyne and make my last will and testament in 
mann' and forme folowinge, ffirst I will geve and bequeth 
unto my sonne S"^ Thomas Gerard knyght one rynge of golde 
and one pece of gold of the valewe of xxx^ Item I will and 
bequeth unto my daughter-in-law Dame Elyzabeth Gerard 
my velvet gowne and sixe peces of olde golde. Item I will 
and bequeth unto my saide sonnes chyldren twelve peces oi 
olde golde to make eu*y one of them a rynge. Item I will 
geve and bequeth unto M'geret Tarbocke one hundryth m'kes. 
Item my will is that ffrances Tarbocke shall have twoe 
hundrethe m'kes so that she marye by thadvice consent and 
agrement of her Uncle my sonne her Uncle Tarbocke and 
my executors. And yf she marye withoute theire consents 
then I will give and bequeth the one hunderte m'kes that the 
said ffraunces shulde have unto her syster M'garet Tarbocke 
and the other hunderte m'kes I will give and bequeth unto 
my sonnes chyldren to bee equally devyded amongest them. 
Item I will geve and bequeth unto my brother S' Peter Legh 
knyght, one gold rynge and one olde ryall. Item I geve and 
bequeth unto my cosyn Henry Eccleston xK Item I will 
and bequeth unto my brother George Legh one yocke of 
draught oxen. Item I geve and bequeth unto my sonne in 
lawe Roberte Charnocke one gold rynge and one olde ryall. 
Item I will and bequeth unto my systre Ellen Standley 
my tafeyta gown. Item I will and bequeth unto my systre 
Elyzabeth Downes a velvet kertell, my best salt my cloke 
and my savegarde. Item I will and bequeth unto my systre 
Ales Rowley my best clothe gowne and vj^^ xiij® iiij** 



1 Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No. 5 [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF DAME JANE GERARD. 99 

in money. Item I will and bequeth unto Jane Worsley my 
sVaunt vj^^ xiij^ iiij<*. Item I will and bequeth unto M'garet 
Allat fyve poundes in money, one peire of fyne fflaxen shetes 
and twoe pillowe beres. Item I will and bequeth unto 
ffraunces Whyte xl\ Item I will and bequeth unto Ales Knoell 
lij" vj^ viij^ Item I will and bequeth unto Rycharde Asseldey 
one heyver. Item I will and bequeth unto Edmunde Allat 
my sVaunt my best geldinge. Item I geve and bequeth unto 
my sVaunt John Langton a baye geldinge called Bruce. 
Item I will and bequeth unto Edmunde Davy one heyver. 
Item I will and bequeth unto M'gerey Langton vj^^ xiij« iiij^. 
Item all the resydewe of my goods before not geven nor 
bequethed, my funerall expencs dyscharged my detts and 
legacies payde I will geve and bequeth the one half thereof to 
my sonnes chyldren to be equally devyded amongst them And 
the other half I will geve and bequeth unto my executors to 
be equally devyded amongst them. And to see this my last 
will and testament well and trewly observed and kept accord- 
inge to the trewe Intent and meyninge of the same, I doe 
constytute ordeyne and make my sonne S' Thomas Gerarde 
knyght, my brother S' Peter Legh knyght, my sonne in lawe 
Roberte Charnocke, my cosyn Henry Eccleston esquyers and 
my trustie sVaunte Edmunde Allat my trewe and faythfull 
executors. In wytnes whereof I have subscribed this with 
my owne hand in the p'sence of thos whose names arc 
wrytten on the backe syde hereof. 

Item I will & bequeth unto William Dorringe my sVaunt 
xl^ yf he be dwellinge with me at the day of my death. 

[Signed] Jane Gerrard. 

On the back. 

John Langton Wyllyam Doryngton 
Mestris Elezabethe Downes 
Ales Rowley. 

Written on two large sheets of paper (written on one 
side only), fastened together at the top, and 
signed at the bottom of the second page, so 
evidently the original will [J. P. E.]. 

On the back of the first sheet is the following codicil. 

H 2 




lOO LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

ffurthermore my will is that yf John Deve of Wynington 
can not obteyne and gett that pte of his house as William 
Pker nowe hath in his occupacon then I will that he have 
payde hym agayne the x^^ I had of hym for the same house. 
Item I will further that yf John Hynagenbotham [sic] do not 
agree with the widowe Haselhurst so that she meye not enioy 
the one half of her house, then I will that fehe shall have the 
iiijii> yjB yjjjd payde her agayne. Item I will and geve power 
and aucteritie to my executors that yf my goods will not ex- 
tend to paye my detts, discharge my legacies and my funerall 
expences, w°^ ffunerall expences I referre to the dyscrecion of 
my executors, then I will and geve auctoritie to my saide 
executors to take twentie poundes of that pte or porcon as I 
have geven to ffraunces Tarbocke towardes the dyscharge of 
the same And not otherwayes. Item I will geve and bequeth 
to my systre Downes one peire of shetes that lye on her bedde 
and one canopie hanglnge over the same bedde. 

[Signed] Jane Gerrard. 



€f)t man of So^n aiiersitp, of ^puisftotor, 

" In the name of god amen the xxix*^ day of november 
in the year of our Lord god 1581, et anno Regni Dfiae nrai 
Elyzabethe nunc Anglie Regift vicesimo quarto etc. I J Hon 
Auldersaye of Spurstow within the countie of Chester sicke in 
bodye but hole in mynd, and of perfect memorye praysed be 
god therfore yet neuerthelesse dreading naturall Death to 
man vncertayn I doe ordayne and make this my last will 
and Testament in maner and forme as followethe, first I 
geue and bequeth my Soule to almightie god and to our 
blessed Ladye and to all the holy company of heaven trust- 
ing that by the merytes of christ Jesus my saviour I shalbe 
one of his elect and chosen people in his blessed kingdome 
of heaven, and my body to be buryed in the parishe churcbe 

^ From the Aldersey Deeds Q. P. E.j. 



THE WILL OF JOHN ALDERSEY, OF SPURSTOWE. lOI 

yard of Bunbury nere vnto the buryall of M"* Rondle Spurstow. 
Itm my will and pleasure ys that Anne Aldersay my wyffe 
may haue and enioye all and singular my capital house in 
Spurstow with all the ground there vnto belonging with all 
thinges contay[n]ed within the said house or belonginge to the 
same for and during her lyffe naturall keping her selfe sole and 
vnmaryed. Item I geue and bequethe vnto the said Anne 
Aldersay my wyffe the reversion of an Indenture geven and 
graunted vnto me and my assignes by Georg Spurstow of 
Spurstow for certayn yeres yet to come, as by the same 
Indenture better appereth Item my will and pleasure ys 
that the said Ann Aldersay my wyffe may haue my house 
in Bunburye, Item I geue and bequeth to RonduU Aldersaye 
my eldest sonne my gould ring with all my armor and 
harnesse within my house, with all my bedstedes boordes 
tables glasse and waynskote worke within my house and 
chambers, requiring the said RonduU to leave the same 
at his discease to Jhon Aldersay his eldest sonne. Item I 
geue and bequethe to Jhon Aldersay my second sonne 
dwelling in London the some of xxiij^ xiij^ iiij^ of lawfull 
englyshe money which Raffe Done of Flaxyards esquire 
oughethe vnto me, being due to be paid before the date 
herof. Item I geue and bequeth to Jhon Aldersaye my 
sonne RonduU his eldest sonne my grey nagge, my male 
saddlie my best brydle and harnesse there vnto belonging, 
my swerd [sword] and Dagger. Alsoe I geue and bequethe 
to Jhon Cotton, my sonne Cotton his eldest sonne xl" to 
be paid vnto him within one yere next after my decease. 
Item I geue and bequeth to Amye Mowson the some of 
vj^ xiij^ iiij^ to be paid vnto her at the discretion of Anne 
Aldersay my wyffe, and RonduU Aldersay my sonne. Item 
I geue and bequeth to Catheryne Bebington my sonne 
Bebington his daughter the some of fyve poundes to be 
paid vnto her within one whole yere nest [sic for next] 
after my decease, Item I geue and bequeth to Elizabeth 
Egerton, my sonne Egerton his daughter a heffer calfe of 
one yere ould. Item I geue and bequeth to Joane Vernan 
my servant a heffer calfe of one year ould Item I geue 
and bequeth to euerye one of the Rest of my chyldrens 
chyldren vj^ viij^ to be paid vnto them by the discrecon 



I02 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

of my Executor herafter named. Item the rest of all my 
goods moveable and vnmoveable quicke and dead wherso- 
euer or in whose handes the[y] are or may be found, I 
geue and bequeth to Anne Aldersay my wiffe to vse and 
dispose as she shall thincke convenient my fu[n]eralls being 
by her discharged and I honestly brought home Item 
I ordayne and make my trustie and welbeloved brother 
Thomas Aldersay of London my sole, turue [sic for true] 
and lawful! Executor, to se[e] that this my last will and 
Testament be well and truly accomplyshed fulfilled and 
discharged as my onely trust lyenth [sic for lieth] in him. 

These are the deptes which are due vnto the Testator. 

Imprimis M'Raffe Done of Flaxy ardes 

Esquire ys Indeptcd vnto in the 

some of xxiij^ xiij® iiij* 

Item M' George Spurstow of Spurstow 

CdU Ull C ••• ... ... ... ^L^L 

Item M" Helynor Spurstow wydow ... xx* 

Itm the same wydow Spurstow for an 
ambling mare pryce ... ... ... iij" 

Itm the same wydow Spurstow for a 

fatte cow pryce ... ... ... xxxiij® iiij** 

Item lend vnto the said wydow Spur- 
stow a bushell of barlye 

Item lend vnto the same wydow Spur- 
stow ... ... ... ... ... viij^ 

Item Rychard Spurstow late husband 
of the said wydow Spurstow as ap- 
pereth by his Specialtye 

These were wytnesses when the Testator Sealed this his 
last will and Testament and delyuered the same to the vse 
of his Executor aboue named as his full acte and dede. 

[Signed with a mark] 

John Eggerton Randall Aldersey Raffe Jelycose 
William Dunne Raffc Mottram." 

Endorsed on the back : — 

" My fathers wylle." 




THE WILL OF RICHARD LEGH, OF SWINEHEAD. I03 

Also endorsed : — 

" Will of John Aldersey 
29 Nov. 1 581 24 EHz." 



Cfet man of a^irftarlr iUjift, of ^tomefttali, m 
l&ig* Heffl), to. €f)t&ttv, (3mU, tiateti 1582. 

In the name of God, Amen, the 20 Oct. 1582. I Richard 
Leighe of Swinhead in High Leighe co. Chester, gent., sick 
in body but of perfect and sound remembrance. " My bodie 
to be buried at my pishe Church of Rostourne." 

I give and bequeath to Thomas Leighe my youngest son 
the sum of 20^^ to be raised out of my goods &c. my debts 
and funeral expences being first discharged out of the whole. 
To my son John Leighe 10" out of my goods as aforesaid. 
To my six daughters Katherine Leigh, Alice Leighe, Jane 
Leighe, Elizabeth Leighe, Anne Leigh, and Ellen Leighe, 100 
marks apiece, chargeable on all my lands in the County of 
Chester. 

And of this my last will I constitute and make Richard 
Leighe my son and heir, and Jane Leighe my wife, my true 
and lawful executors. 

Sealed and delivered in the presence of us Richard Leighe, 
W™ Willmatt, Richard Gregg, Raphe Willimat, John Simpson, 
John Gregg, John Wilkinson, Roger Bound with others. 



€t)t wan of 3ane ileftft, of ^iomrfteatr, OTiHoto, 

TiattU 1585. 

In the name of God, Amen, the 8 Feb. 27 Eliz. [1584-5], 
I Jane Leighe, widow, wife of Richard Leighe of Swinhead, 
gent., deceased, being sick of body but of good and perfect 
remembrance. ** My will and mind is that my dead bodie be 



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I04 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

buried in the pishe Church of Rostorne as neere to the place 
where my husband was buried as possiblie I maie." 

I give and bequeath to my son John Leighe the sum of 
id" due to the said Richard Leigh my late husband by virtue 
of a lease by him granted to one Hamnett Warburton, of a 
messuage or tenement in Comberbache, and after the death 
of the said Richard, due to me the said Jane as his sole ex- 
ecutor. Also I give to my said son John Leighe 13" 6^ 8^ due 
to my said husband in his lifetime, by virtue of a lease by 
him granted to one Jerrard Leighe, of a messuage in Mol- 
lards-greene in the town of High Leighe, and after his death 
due to me the said Jane. Also I give to the said John Leighe 
3" 6^ 8^ due to the said Richard Leigh in his lifetime by virtue 
of a lease made to one John Broadhurst of a messuage in 
Mollardsgreene aforesaid, and after his death due to me the 
said Jane. 

Also I give to my six daughters Katherine Leighe, Alice 
Leighe, Jane Leighe, Elizabeth Leighe, Anne Leighe, and 
Ellen Leighe, all my beds and bedding with all the furniture 
thereto belonging, and all my linen clothes belonging to the 
house, equally amongst them. 

The rest of all my goods &c. I bequeath to my two sons 
John Leighe and Thomas Leighe and my said six daughters, 
equally amongst them. I bequeath to John Swan one bushel 
of rye. And of this my last will I constitute John Leighe 
my son and Elizabeth my daughter, executors. 

These being witnesses, Richard Daniell, Ric. Swan, 
Henrie Hatton, Tho: Asphall. 



Cfte 3129111 of ilitftarir Cipping, of iWaiwfeesittr, 

iateH 1588.1 

In the Name of God, Amen, the xviij*^ day of January 
1588. I Richard Tippinge of Manchester co. Lane, Lynnen- 



^ A contemporaneous copy penes me {]» P. E.], 



t 

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J" 



THE WILL OF RICHARD TIPPING, OF MANCHESTER. IO5 

drapar, being in good health and perfect remembrance, bee- 
inge mynded by gods assystance to sett such Lands and 
goods in order, which at this p'sent the Lord hath beestowed 
vppon mee,.fFor avoydynge of trobles, do make this my last 
will and testamente in manner and fforme foUowinge. M\' 
body to bee buryed in the pishe church of Manchest' or wher 
it shall please god to disposse yt Also yt is my will and I 
give and assigne over vnto Isabell now my wieffe, my lands 
which I lately purchased of James Travis now in the occupa- 
tion of Rob?. Buckley Appothecarye, and also my leases and 
tacks. To haue hould and enioy the saide Lands durynge 
her widdowhoode, And to enioy and occupy the leases also 
during her widdowhood, yf the terme in the said leases shall 
happen so longe to endure. And after her mariage or de- 
cease, I give the said lands to Samwell Tippinge my yongest 
sonn, and to the heires of his body lawfully to be begotten. 
And fifor default of such issue I give the same lands to 
George Tippinge my seconnde sonn, and to the heires of his 
body lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such issue 
to John Tippinge my eldest sonn, and to the heires male of 
his body lawfully to be begotten. And for default of such 
issue to the ryght heires of mee y® said Richard Tippinge for 
ever. And after y® mariage or death of y® said Isabell Tip- 
pinge my wieffe, I give the revercon of the yeares in the said 
lease to George Tippinge my said seaconnd sonn and to his 
assignes for all such yeares as then shall bee to come, and to 
expire in the same lease. And as touchinge all the rest of my 
goods &c. yt is my will y* after my debts are paid, if there be 
any to pay, and my ffuneralle discharged y* the same shall be 
divided into three equal parts, whereof one part I reserve to 
myself to be bestowed by my executrix hereafter named in 
such manner as I shall hereafter in this my will appoint. The 
seaconnd part I give to Isabell now my weiffe, and the third 
part I give to be equally divided amongst all my children, so 
that yf John Tippinge my eldest sonn looke to haue a part 
amongst them, yt is my will he shall be barred of the same, 
unless he will put in amongst them all the monney which I 
gave him y® day of his mariage. And if he will do so, then 
he to divide, and take his fyliall porcon with them rattably as 
it shall please god to fall out. And as touchinge my parte of 



I06 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

goods, I do give ^loo of the same to George Tippinge my 
sonn. Item, I bequeath to my brother in law Richard 
Brownsword a mournynge cloke, to my sonn John Tippinge 
a cloke, and to his weiffe a mournynge goune. Item, to 
my cossyn Thomas Brownsword a cloke, and to Isabel! 
Brownsword a mournynge goune. Item, I bequeath to 
every one of my sonnes a cloke, and to every one of my 
daughters a goune. Item, I bequeath to my servent Alice 
Gee 40s. in monney and a goune. Item, to Rob* Leighe I 
bequeath 5s. in gould as a token of remembrance. And as 
touching y® order of my ffunerall I refferre that wholly to y® 
discreccon of Isabell my weiffe to be done as she shall think 
convenient. Item, all the rest of my part of goods I give to 
Isabell my weiffe to dispose at her discrecon. And I do make 
my said weiffe my solle executrix. And I do ordayne and 
make my two sonnes George Tippinge and Samwell Tippinge 
to be overseears of this my last will and testament. 

RicHARDE Tippinge. 

Signed and sealed in the presence of us whose names bee 
here vnder subscribed. 

Roger Bexwicke 
Raphe Gee 
Raphe fflecher 
Robt Leigh. 

[No date of probate.] 



Cfte Wim of 3of)n iWasfsiie, of Cotrtiinffton, 

(gsiq*, tratrt i59i^^ 

The Will of John Massie of Coddington Esq. dated 12 
October 33 Elizabeth [1591]. 

Mary my wife ; my younger son William Massie ; my 
daughters Mary and Jane ; Thomas my son ; John my son ; 



1 From the Harleian MSS. , 2,067, f- 7- This will is not now at Chester, 
and does not appear to be in the Volume of Transcripts in the Bishop's Registry. 
[J. P. E.] 



THE WILL OF ELEANOR KITCHEN, OF HANDLEY. IO7 

my cousin Randle Brereton of Grafton [?]. The Coddington 
estate to my son John, remainder to William my son, re- 
mainder to me the said John Massie, remainder to George 
Massie of Poddington Esq, remainder to John Massie of 
Coughall brother of the said George, remainder to William 
Massie of Chester merchant ; my brother Barnston, my 
nephews John Barneston and Thomas Barneston ; my cousens 
William Massie of Chester, John Vaudrey, my lovinge kins- 
men Richard Brereton, William Massie and John Massie and 
William Barnston Executors. 



cfte aaaai of mtmov WUWu of ^antilep. 

In the name of God, Amen, the 20*^ Feb. 33 Eliz. [i 590-1]. 
I Elnoure Hytchen of Handelye. My body to be buried in 
Christian burial in such place as shall be thought good by my 
executors. I bequeath among the poor people of Handelye 
S*. To the mending of the highways of the same parish lo^ 
To the reparation of Handelye Church 3^ 4**. To every one 
of my god-children 12**. To my cosen William Barnston one 
gilt spoon. To my son Antony Hitchen the messuage or 
tenement with all lands &c. situate in Milton which I pur- 
chased, To have and to hold to my said son and the heirs 
of his body lawfully begotten. And for default of such heirs, 
then to my daughter Mary and the heirs of her body lawfully 
begotten. Provided always and my full intent and meaning 
is, and I bequeath to my said daughter Mary, j^8o, to be paid 
by my said son Antony within the space of four years next 
after my decease, towards her preferment and better mainten- 
ance, and in default of payment the said estate shall revert to 
my said daughter Mary and the heirs of her body lawfully 
begotten. Provided also that if my said son Antony or any 
heir inheritable by force of this my will, shall make any 



* Deeds in possession of Messrs. Boydell, Taylor & Fluitt, Chester, Nov., 
1889 [J. P. E.]. 



I08 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

alienation of the premises, so as the same may not go accord- 
ing to this my will, Then the same shall remain to my said 
daughter and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten, with 
remainder to my cosen William Barneston and his heirs for 
ever. After my debts and legacies are paid, " & I onestelie 
brought," I give all the rest of my goods equally betwixt my 
son Antony and daughter Marie. I make my cosen William 
Barnestone and my daughter Marie my executors, and my 
worshipful master M' Hugh Colvile, my overseer. 

Debts owing to me. 

Jogene Getten 4^^ 6^ 8^ 

James Eince for a bushel of malt, 4^ 6^ 

Jane Minshoue, 7® and I have of hers two pewter 

dishes of London metal and a candlestick. 
John Manynge my uncle Manynge's son 8% since he 

dwelled in the parsonage of Handley. 
My cosen Rauffe Bostocke of Tatnall in ready money 

out of purse, 40® 



Cfte aaaiU of ?|enrp ilos(s!, of 3BrotkI)urs!t m 
^3intting:ton, «♦ X^nc^ f^eomait, iattli 1597*^ 

In the name of God, Amen, the 14 July 1597. I Henry 
Moese of Brockehurst in Pynington co. Lane, yeoman. My 
body to be buried in my parish churchyard of Leigh. First 
my will is that all my goods &c. shall remain in the custody 
and government of Isabell now my wife during her life (if 
she so long keep herself a widow), and upon the same condi- 
tion I will that she shall enjoy the messuage and tenement 
now in my possession. And if the said Isabell after my 
decease marry any person, then I appoint that John Moese 
my reputed son begotten of the said Isabell shall have and 
enjoy to his proper use the full moiety of all my said goods 
&c. together also with all the said messuage and tenement in 



^ From deeds in possession of W. Ecroyd, Esq., Nelson, near Burnley, A.D. 
1893 [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF HENRY MOSS, OF BROCKHURST. IO9 

Brockehurst aforesaid and Pynington, now in my occupation, 
of the ancient yearly rent of 4^ 10^, to hold to the said John 
Moese and his assigns during my term therein, and after the 
decease of the said Isabell my wife, my will is that the said 
John Moese shall enjoy all and singular the said goods &c. 
I give and release to Richard Moese my brother all that 
jU ijs ^d which he oweth me, together which 6s 8d more which 
L appoint my executors to pay to the said Richard for the 
use of his four children, upon condition that he suffer the said 
4^ to be at interest or otherwise used for the best profit of the 
said children by James Crofte, James Sorocoulde, and William 
Moyle. I give to the said Richard Moese one blue coat, one 
pair of stockings, one dagger, and a girdle, and to Raufe my 
servant one pair of breeches, a pair pf stockings, and a pair 
of shoes. I forgive and release to the said William Moyle all 
that debt of 1 5^ 6^ which he oweth me. I constitute, ordain, 
and make the said John Moese my son and Isabell my wife, 
my true and lawful executors. 

I owe to Thomas Darwall ... ... ... 48® 

Debts owing to me the said Henry. 

John Strange of Lawton ... ... ... ... 50^ 6*^ 

Roger Bruch Esq. and Henry Cprleis have 
covenanted to deliver to me or my executors 
16 bushels of oats within one fortnight after 
Michaelmas next, for which I have paid them 7" 4* 
Peter Keigheley ... ... ... .. ... 13** 

The same Peter hath covenanted to deliver 
me 2 bushels of beans between Christmas 
and Purification upon demand. 
George Thomassonne ... ... ... ... 39® 8"^ 

John Hasleden son of Roger Hasleden... ... 29^ 

William Lyptrote of Weastleigh 1 9^ 4^' 

Adam Hulme upon his pledge viz. a ring ... 20' 

Alyce Arrowsmyth widow, Junior 3 

John Wigan for work ... ... ... ... 18** 

Raufe Sothewoorth for meal 6^ 

Henry Maddocke of Bedforth ... 8^ 

Witnesses — James Crofte, William Moyle, and James 
Sorocoulde, with others. 






no LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Proved at Chester 28 Sept. 1597 by John Moese one of 
the executors, power reserved to Isabell the relict and other 
executor. 



€f)t WiiU of Ct)omas! Clapton, ^erbant to Mi\ 
Slusftire aaaalmisflep, liateli 1601.1 

In the name of God, Amen, the i8*** Nov. 44 Elizabeth 
[1601]. I Thomas Claiton servant to M' Justice Walmisley. 
My body to Christian burial. Item I give, bequeath, and 
assign to Bridgett my wife, all the interest that I have in the 
house that I now dwell in, in Huntcote co. Lane, and all the 
grounds whatsoever in Huntcote and Ackerington, which I 
have from Thomas CoUynson or of Richard Aytoughs or 
otherwise, and all my horses, mares, oxen, kine, cattle, corn, 
and hay, whatsoever in Huntcote and Ackerynton aforesaid. 
I give to the said Bridget my wife all my household stuff 
and goods in my said house at Huntcote, saving only two 
"rone" candlesticks and the bedsteads in the parlour at 
Huntcote drest with yellow say, and the bed, bolster, pillows 
&c. which I give to my brother John Clayton, to remain at 
his house at Litleharwood. Also I give to my said wife 
Bridget all such sums of money as she hath of mine in her 
custody, or owing to me by reason of any specialty, from M*" 
Grymeshay of Clayton, M' Holden of Holden or any other 
for him, M'^ Birtwysle, John Jackson, or William Rishton. 
Whereas I have a judgment upon a recognizance of ^500 
against M' Francis Tunstall my wife's father, I will that my 
said wife shall only have to do therewith, to her own profit 
and good. Also whereas I have divers sums of money in the 
custody of my brother John Clayton, it is my will that he do 
bestow ;^20 thereof to the poor people within the parish of 
Blackburn, at the discretion of himself, Henry Mawdsley, 
Henry ffielden, and Hugh Marsden of Blackborne, and 
also that he give to the school of Blackborne 40^, and 



^ From deeds in possession W. Ecroyd, Esquire, Nelson, near Burnley, A.i>. 
1892 [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS CLAYTON. Ill 

to the said Henry ffielden, Henry Mawdesley, and Hugh 
Marsden, each of them lo^ as a token of my love to them, 
and to each servant in my house at the day of my death, one 
year's wages, as a legacy, and to each of his own tenants in 
Little Harwood, and also to my tenant Lawrence Whalley 
and his mother, each one years rent, and to each of my sisters 
children other than to George, William, and Jame[s] Abbott, 
and other than Thomas, John, and Christopher Whalley, 40s. 
apiece, and to the said William Abbott £6. 13. 4., and to the 
said Christopher Whalley ;^io, and the residue of such sums 
of money I bequeath to himself and my brother Edward 
equally between them, saving that it is not my meaning that 
my brother Edward shall have any part of that sum of ;^200 
for which there is a specialty from my brother John to me, in 
the custody of John of Roberts, for that sum I do release and 
freely give as a legacy to my said brother John solely. And 
also whereas there are divers sums of money of mine in the 
custody of my brother Raufife, my will is that he pay to 
George or Henry Walmysley £2^. 14s. which I received this 
term, as money recovered of one John Myles, saving that my 
said brother Rauffe is to retain £j, los. thereof which I have 
already paid to Charles Haworth, and I would desire George 
and Henry Walmysley bestow somewhat on John Myles* 
wife, which if they refuse to do then it is my will that my 
said brother Rauffe give unto her of my said proper money so 
in his custody 40^ Also I will that my said brother Rauffe 
give to the poor in every prison in London, South wark, and 
Westminster, 20® with the privity of my cosen Randell 
Caterall and M' Thomas Brockholls of Claighton, and also 
to the said M'^ Brockholls, Randle Caterall, John Whalley, 
James Abbott, my brother William and himself, each of them 
four marks or cloth for mourning of the worth of four marks 
at their own choice. I will that my said brother Rauffe give 
to my said cozen John Whalley ;^40, and to my said cozen 
James Abbott ;^io, and to M' Doctor Woo ten for a token of 
my love towards him two sovereigns in gold, and one angel 
in gold to his wife, and all the residue of my said money so 
in the custody of my said brother Rauffe, I bequeath to him 
the said Rauffe Clayton my brother and to my said brother or 
half-brother William Clayton now dwelling with him, equally 



112 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

between them. And I make my said four brethren John, 
Edward, Raphe, and William, my executors, and the said M*" 
Brockholls and Randell Caterall my Supervisors. In witness 
whereof and to the intent that one part of this my will 
may remain with my said brother John and the other part 
with my said brother Rauffe, I have caused the same to be 
indented. 

[Signed] p me Thomam Claiton. 

Sealed &c. in the presence of 

[Signed] Thomas Brockholes William Clayton 
John Rea John Whalley 

Raphe Clayton. 
Codicil 

If the said Bridgett my wife shall in any point go 
about by pretence of custom or law, to entitle her- 
self to the thirds of all my goods, and attempt 
any suit against my executors, then she shall not 
have to do with the said Recognizance and Judg- 
ment nor any of my household goods &c. but 
that all the same be to my executors jointly. 

[Signed as above.] 

[No date of probate.] 



€f)t WLill of Mr. eiitoarii Xegl), of feallam, 

ro^ Cftesfter, iiateir i6o6,i 

God bee mercifull vnto mee, and bless mee etc. Amen. In 
the name of the father & of the sonn & of the holie gost, so 
bee it : I Edwarde Legh^ of Hallam w^^'in the Countie of 
Chester beinge verie pfect of remembrance and of sane 
Meniorie at this p'sent praysed be god thearfore do make this 
my last will and Testament w*^ my owne hand writinge in 



1 From Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No. lo [J. P. E.]. 

2 Brother of Sir Peter Legh [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF MR. EDWARD LEGH, OF HALLAM. II3 

mane' & forme followinge ffirst I bequeath my soule in to the 
hands of the holie Trinitie, hopinge to bee saued by y® payn- 
full passion of my deare sweete sauiour Ihesu Christ & his 
merrits & by the merritts and meanes off no other creature 
either Saint or Angell And my bodie to bee buried in the 
Chapell of my louinge brother S' Peter Legh at Winwick by 
his leaue and licence in the Tombe and buriall place wheare 
my good graundfather was layde, accordinge to his wish & 
will that as many of his sonns and sonns sonns as would, 
might lye by him. For my lands and Tenements goods and 
chattells w^** almightie god hath lent mee or made mee owner 
of I bequeath them whollie & solelie to my most faithfull 
kinde wife, and to my dearest brother M' Thomas Legh Caruer 
to y® Kings most Excellent Ma*^® in maner & forme followinge 
ffirst out of the whole to discharge my depts & legacies and to 
pforme my funerall in decent sort viz. my Seruingmen to 
mourne in cotes and a dozen poore ould men in gownes 
wheareof I will that Rondle Dale & Robert Coppock bee ij 
of them, if they will goe to the said Church of Winwick, 
Also I will that xx^ at the least bee bestowed vppon a dinner 
vppon my frends and Kynd Neighbours about Hallam and 
such as will take paynes to goe w*^ my corps to the buryall & 
a convenient some to the poore-that are theare or by the way 
to bee bestowed vppon ould charitable & younge fatherles 
children at the discretione of my executors : Item I be- 
queath vnto my deare cosin Legh pson of Standish a mourn- 
inge cloke & xx^ in money to bestowe a godlie ffunerall 
Sermon at my buryall vppon the Auditorie Ite I geue and 
bequeath to my right worshipfuU louinge brothe*" S*" Peter 
I^egh Knight xx angells in gould to bee paid him w*^in a 
yeare after my death, vppon condition that hee make no 
clayme to any of my goods & Chattells and do suffer my 
bodye to lye by the bodie of S' Pears Legh deceassed in the 
same Tombe. Item I geue and bequeath to my deare onlie 
Sister M"^ Elizabeth Lathom xx angells likwise in gould to 
bee paid her w^'^in a yeare, and vj in calfe heffers to be puided 
her agaynst May day after shee goeth to continve & keepe 
house at Alertonn [?] desiringe her most dearlie & brotherly 
to haue a continvall motherlie care of her children, and as 
shee will answeare mee in an other world not to marrie but 

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114 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

fo' the bettringe of her selfe & children w*^ the aduise and 
consent of S' Peter Legh & my deare brother Thomas ; who I 
beseech of all dearnes & loues to continve faithful! brothers & 
vncles to her & her Children. Item I bequeath vnto my 
Nephwe Lathom of Parbold my Rapier and dagger desiringe 
him & his bedfellowe to honor god w**^ prayers and thanks- 
geumge daylie in theire house at Parbold and in so doinge god 
will bless them & theirs both in theire house & in the feilds : 
Ite I geue to euerie one of my vncle Mainyaringes children 
& ech of my Aunte CoUyers children that shall bee liuinge at 
my death x" a peece to buy them ech one a bible or a small 
ringe to weare fo* my sake Item I geue to euerie one that I 
haue beene godfather vnto vj^ viij*^ a peece to buy them nve 
[new] Testaments w**^ or other prayer books to hono' god 
vppon : Item I geue to euerie Seruingman that hath serued 
mee a yeare in my house halfe a yeares wages to bee paid him 
w*^in vj months after my death and namelie I geue to Thomas 
Erlam that hath serued mee longe xx nobles & to Edmund 
Taylor xx^ to buy him a fayre bible w^^all whom god hath 
blessed w*^ much riches, and thearfore I geue him less then 
the others: Though I haue cause to loue him greatlie Ite 
I geue to the Church or Chapell of Darsburie towards the 
findinge of a preacher theare xx^^ prayinge god to stirr vpp 
the rightworshipfull Justices, Gentlemen, and the rest of the 
inhabitants harts to contribute & mayntayne a preacher theare 
whearein I would haue beene verie earnest & forward if I had 
liued: Ite I desier my deare wife & my faithfull louinge 
brother Thomas to agree together in great vnitie & loue, and 
not to part the houshould goods & chattells but to inioy them 
ioyntlie as brother & Sister or rather like man & wife, as also 
to inioy ioyntlie together the Capitall messuage & demayne of 
Yarlett w**^in the County of Stafford duringe the minoritie of 
my cosin Edward Collyere whom I desier may bee kept to 
learninge and to inioy Joyntlie the pfitts out of Whitley 
Hallam, Berkett, a Tack I haue neare litle Budworth called 
Shawes and a Tack of ground beinge pcell of the nve manor 
ffarme All w^^ my lands & Tenements goods & chattells 
whatsoeuer & whearsoeuer I giue and bequeath them to my 
said deare louinge wife Katherin Legh and to my dearest 
brother Thomas Legh To haue, hould, & inioy the said Lands 



THE WILL OF MR. EDWARD LEGH, OF HALLAM. IIS 

& Tenements goods and Chattells to the said Katherin my 
wife, and to the said Thomas Legh my brothere for and duringe 
the naturall h'fe of the said Katherin, and after the death of 
the said Katherin, then the said lands & Tenements goods & 
chattells to remayne & cume whollie vndeuided or as many 
of them as shall bee vnspent vnto the said Thomas Legh 
his executors and Administrators To this intent and purpose 
That hee tfhe said Thomas Legh his executors & Administra- 
tors shall (as hee will answeare me before the Judgment seate 
of god) w*^ the pfitts of the pmisses help to mayntayne & 
bringe vpp Edward Lathom, Peter Lathom, W^ Lathom, 
Richard Lathom, John Lathom & Katherin Lathom sonns 
and daughter of the said Elizabeth Lathom my naturall deare 
Sistar vntill they cume to p'ferment or the age of xxj yeares 
If they will bee aduised & followe the direction of the said 
Thomas Legh, Prouided alwaies and neuer the less my will & 
mynd is, that if the said Katherin Legh my deare wife shall re- 
fuse and mislike to pforme this my last will And shall not enter 
into bond w**^ suertie w*** her w*^in vj months, for the pforminge 
of this my will vnto my said brother Thomas, in such Sume 
as hee shall thinke fitt for the quiett inioyinge of the 
pmisses ioyntlie & vndeuided as aforesaid and after the 
death of the said Katherin that the lands & tenements goods 
& chattells before bequeathed so longe as the said Katherin 
by law had right to her pte : That then the said Katherin my 
will is shall haue the Capitall messuage and demayne of 
Yarlett aforesaid or a C marcks in money yearly out of the 
same onlie in satisfaction of all the interest title clayme & 
demande w^'^ shee the said Katherin shall or may make to 
any of my Lands, Tenements, goods & chattells before men- 
tioned And my will is that shee the said Katherin shall bee 
debarred & concluded for challenginge any of my goods & 
chatells taxes or leases Accordinge to the true meaninge of 
certen assurances w*^^ god willinge I intend to make to the 
vse of my said brother Thomas for the inioyinge of the 
p! misses accordinge to the effect & purport hearof : Ite my 
will & desier is that all such writinges and Euidences that 
concerne others, that are in my Custodie may bee deliuered 
by my brother Thomas to the right owners whearof sume I 
haue that were left w*** mee by reason of my office of Eschea- 

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Il6 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

tor, Also my mynd & will is, that if any haue iust cause of 
wronge doone them by mee by coulour of my said office of 
Escheator w***out theire owne concent & agreement, that my 
brother Thomas in sume sort make satisfaction vnto them & 
I desier god & the pties to remitt & forgiue mee. Item 
whearas theare are certen writinges in my Custodie made 
betwix mee and one Sefton of Barrow pish concerninge the 
payment of xv^ p ann at euerie quarter a portion of the said 
xv" fo' vj years fro the makinge of the said writings the truth 
and true meaninge is that the said xv" fo' vj years is due w*^ 
the interest & pfitt of the same vnto my louinge Godsonn 
lohn Lathom fo' his mother my deare Sister disbursed & 
paid Ix" fo^ the buyinge of the said Anvitie of xv^ of the said 
Sefton whearfore my will is and I charge my brother Thomas 
& my deare wife to pay & account to the vse of the said lohn 
Lathom the said xv" fo' so manie years as aforesaid w**^ the 
pfitt that shall bee made of the same. 

Depts owinge by mee as followeth : 

Imp^mis to my deare brother Thomas about Iv^^ for w^** 
hee hath a bill or bond being pte of the money hee receaued 
of M' Brooke : Item to my Sister Lathom w*^^ shee lent mee 
about Martinmas anno domini 1605, R Item that shee lent 
mee scince about xiij^*. Item to my said brother Thomas 
owinge w°^ I scince had of S' Robert Needham xl'^ whearof I 
sent my said brother x^ in Gould to London pte of the said 
xl". Ite owinge to one George Mills iij^^ vj® viij^ pcell of x^* 
for w*^^ hee hath a bill of my hand, but xx nobles was paid 
by my cosin lohn Legh about Easter last : Ite owinge to a 
litle brode black man in Cheapsyde w*^ whom George Mills 
sonn was prentise about xxxiij® iiij^ w°^ I would haue made 
vpp xl® because I haue ough it him for million fustian longe. 
Item I will that W°* Pker of Bradkerke & Thomas Shawe his 
halfe brother or heire next of blood haue v^^ paid them w^^ I 
in conscience ough to theire brother Robert Shawe sumetyme 
my fellowe student in Grayes Ine w*Mn ij .yeares after my 
death. Item theare is viij^ yearlie to bee paid to the vse of 
Timothie Harpur viz. at Midsumer & Martinmas or w*Mn iiij 
dayes after at Darsburie Church duringe her life or els the 
Stanrie feild & Mikell Hallom are forfeted for none payment 



THE WILL OF MR. EDWARD LEGH, OF HALLAM. II7 

thearof and after the death of the said Tymothie theare is 
Ixxx^ to bee paid to Thomas Harpur her husband w^^in iij 
months (as I take it) after her death. 

Depts owinge vnto mee as followeth. 

Imp'mis S' Peter Legh oweth mee for viij yeares Anvitie 
w^ my grandfather S' Pears Legh made mee issuinge out of 
all his lands xx^* yearlie w®^ cumeth vnto a hundreth & iij 
score pounds, Item my Nephwe Edward Vawdrey oweth 
mee x^ as appeareth by his bond, Ite Richard Hicock oweth 
mee iiij^^ to bee paid at Midsumer next & other iiij" to bee 
paid at Midsumer cume twelmunth as appeareth by his bill ; 
Of this my last will & Testament I ordayne and make my 
dearest brother Thomas now by gods blessing & p'ferment 
the Kings Ma*^® Caruer in Ordinarie, and my most kynd & 
Louinge wife my lawfull & . . . Executors of this my last 
will and Testament, desyringe intreatinge and con[iur]inge 
them both by all the loues that they or either of them did 
euer beare vnto mee, and as they will answeare mee before the 
tribunall & Judgment seate of god to pforme this my said 
will in all poynts as neare as they can accordinge to the true 
meaninge : Puided neuertheless & vppon this condition. That 
if the said Katherin my wife do in any sort disagree and 
refuse to Joyne w*^ my said brother Thomas in the puing & 
pformance of this my last will & Testament, Then my will & 
meaninge is that shee shall bee no Executrix of this my will, 
nor clayme any benefite thearby, but bee vtterie debarred fro 
hauinge any Title or culler of clayminge any thinge whatso- 
euer by vertue of the same. Item of this my last will and 
Testament I most humblie pray & beseech the right Reuerend 
ffather in god George Lord Bushopp of Chester, and my right 
worshipfull euer deare frend Sir Peter Warburto one of his 
^a^ties Justices of the comon pleas to bee faithfull ouerseers 
and furtherers to the vttermost of theire indeuours, and that 
for gods cause, to cause & see this my will pformed as neare 
as may bee accordinge to the true meaninge thearof. In wit- 
nesse hearof I the said Edward Legh beinge in pfect & sane 
memorie at the makinge hearof prayse, honour & thanks I ren- 
der vnto almightie god thearfore haue hearunto put my hande 
& seale the xxvij^** day of Aprill in the yeare of the Raigne 



Il8 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

of lames by the grace of god Kinge of England, flfrance and 
Ireland the iiij*^ and of Scotland the xxxix**^ defendor of the 
faith &c. 1606. 

William Bate. He^ Sumners. 

Edward Legh. [Signed.] 

Sealed & deli9ed by mee Edward 
Leigh in the p'sence of Richard 
Hicoke Thomas Lathom 

Richard Dobson 

Robert Millington 

William Dauemport. 

[Endorsed.] 

27 April 1606. 

The will of M' Edw** Legh of Hallom 
brother to S"" Peter Legh. 




aiiminfetration of tfte goolrs! of (Slijaftetft ^toeten- 
ftam, of l^ujrlisffreRr, ffl29ftroto, iateti 1608.1 

Bond by which Edmund Swetenham of Somerford near 
Marton co. Chester, gent., and John Alcocke of Sumerdford 
near Brereton in the county aforesaid, yeoman, are bound to 
the Bishop of Chester in ;f lo. 

Dated lo Aug. 6 James, 1608. 

The condition is that the above bounden Edmund Sweten- 
ham well and truly administer all the goods &c. of Elizabeth 
Swetenham late of Hurdsfeld, widow, deceased, and exhibit a 
true and perfect inventory of all the goods &c. which the said 
deceased died possessed of at or before the 20 Sept. next 
ensuing. 

Letters of Administration of the goods &c. of Elizabeth 



^ From the Swettenham Charttttary^p, 29 [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM LECHE, OF CHESTER. II 9 

I 

widow of Lawrence Swettenham^ granted to her son Ed- 
mond, ID Aug. 1608. Her inventory was dated the same 
day. 



Cfte man of miillmm ietbe, of Cftesfter, 

iateb 1614,2 

In the name of God, Amen, the 13*** Oct. 1614. I William 
Leeche of the City of Chester, vintner.^ My body to be buried 
in the parish church of St. Brides in the City of Chester or 
elsewhere at the discretion of my executors in a decent and 
seemly manner. Item whereas heretofore William Mordant 
late of Okelye co. Bedford, Esq. deceased, and Agnes his 
then wife, did by their Indenture of lease bearing date the 
15*^ Aug^ 19 Elizabeth [1577] demise unto me certain 
messuages, cottages, lands &c. situate in the Manor, Lord- 
ship, or Hamlet of Hargraue within the parish of Neston in 
Wirhall co. Chester, for the term of 50 years from the feast 
of St. Michael the Archangel next after the date of the said 
Indenture, which lease and all my term in the said premises 
was afterwards by me and my son in law Thomas Boothe 
(according to an award of William Aldersey and Edward 
Button of the City of Chester, Aldermen, bearing date 
the 27*^ Feb. S James [1607]) conveyed and assigned to 
Thomas Traffbrd Esq. and Robert Whitbie of the said City 



^ The will of Lawrence Swettenham of Somerford, gent., proved in 1597, 
has been printed by the Chetham Society, Vol. iii., N.S.,/. 131 [J. P. E.]. 

» From the High Legh Deeds, 1884 Q. P. E.]. 

' There is a previous will of the above named William Leeche, dated 29th 
June, 161 1, in which he is described as William Leeche of the City of Chester, 
mercer. There is mention of ** the Children of my daughter lane Lother " ; 
** lohn Leeche w*'** was the sonne of my brother Richard Leeche" ; " my kins- 
men William Leeche gefi & Charles Leeche rachaunte." 

(Signed) Willm Leche. 
Witnesses Red seal bearing a chevron between two 

Peter Drinkwater cross-crosslets fitchee in chief and a 

William Drinkwater serpent nowed in base. 

Thomas Price. Crest (?) a small bird. 

1611. [J. P. E.] 



I20 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

of Chester, Alderman, to such uses as by the said award 
and the said conveyance thereupon made are limited, that 
is to say, to the use of the said Thomas Boothe and his 
assigns during so many years of the said term as the said 
Thomas Boothe and Anne his then wief should live, upon 
such considerations as in the said award &c. are expressed, 
and immediately after the decease of the said Thomas 
Booth or of the said Anne (which Anne is now dead) 
then to the use of me the said William Leeche, and to 
the use of such of my children or friends to whom by my 
last will I should devise the same for the residue of the 
said term. I do hereby devise the same to Thomas Whitbie 
of the City of Chester, gent., and Peter Drinckwater of the 
same City, Ironmonger, to their own proper use, paying 
therefore yearly after my decease during so many years as 
then shall be unexpired of the said term, such legacies and 
annuities as are hereafter limited, that is to say, ;f lo to 
my son lohn Leeche for his life, if the said term shall so 
long continue, and also £4 yearly to Mary Ball my daughter 
wife of Henry Ball during her life if the said term shall so 
long continue. Item my will is that if I shall at any time 
hereafter by any writing under my hand and seal give any 
annuity to any other person or persons that the same shall 
be taken as parcel of this my last will, and shall be paid 
accordingly by the said Thomas Whitbie and Peter Drinck- 
water or the one of them. Provided always that the said 
annuity so to be given, together with the annuities hereby 
already devised, do not exceed the yearly sum of 40 marks 
per annum. Item I hereby further will that the said Thomas 
Whitbie and Peter Drinckwater shall yearly pay for the said 
premises after my decease during the residue of the said 
term, the yearly rent of £s reserved by the said Indenture 
of lease to such person as by the same Indenture it ought 
to be paid, and also discharge all such duties &c. as after 
my decease during the said term shall become payable. My 
will is that in case of any suits concerning the said premises, 
the said Thomas Whitby and Peter Drinckwater shall deduct 
out of the said annuities so much money as they shall neces- 
sarily expend in the defence of any such suits. Item the 
residue of all my goods &c. (after my debts, legacies, and 



THE WILL OF ROBERT MATHER, OF WESTLEIGH. 121 

funeral expenses are discharged) to the use of my execu- 
tors. And of this my last will I nominate and appoint 
the said Thomas Whitbie and Peter Drinckwater my exe- 
cutors. 

[Signed] by me Wittm Leche. 

Sealed &c. in the presence of 

Ed. Whitby RoM Bennett Wittm Allen 
Thomas AUarton Ric: Hobs. 



€f)t aaaill of a^oljert iWat^er, of Wlt^tltigfl), to. 

ianc^, l^eoman, Irateir 1617^1 

In the name of God, Amen, the 29^^ May 16 17. I Robert 
Mather of Westleighe co. Lane, yeoman. My body to be 
buried in Christian burial. First I give to William, John, 
Marie, Anne, and Jenett Ptington Children of John Parting- 
ton of Tildisley, 2s. 6d. apiece. And to Christopher, Eliza- 
beth, Ellin, and William Manne children of James Manne of 
Tildisley aforesaid every one 2s. 6d. And to Jenet, Katherin, 
Margrett, Elizabeth, and Anne Liptrott, daughters of William 
Liptrott of Westleigh aforesaid, every one 2s. 6d. And to 
Richard Hawghton, Nicholas and Anne Hawghton, children 
of James Hawghton, late of Arburie, deceased, every one 
2s. 6d. And to Symon Mather, Geffrey Mather, Robert, 
John, James, and Ellin Mather, children of Geofrey Mather 
my brother, £$ equally to be divided amongst them. To 
Symon Mather alias Morton my base son, ;^I3. 6s. 8d., and if 
he die before he attain the age of 14 years I give the same 
sum of £13. 6s. 8d. to the said six children of my said 
brother Geffrey Mathei* in manner aforesaid. I give to 
EUine Mather alias Morton my base daughter £6. 13s. 4d., 
and if she die before she come to the age of 14 years, then I 
give the same sum of £6. 13s. 4d. to the said six children of 



^ From deeds in the possession of W. Ecroyd, Esq. , of Nelson, near Bum- 
ley 0. P. E.]. 



122 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

my said brother Geffrey Mather in manner aforesaid. To 
Anne Mather now wife of the said Geoffrey Mather, my 
sister in law, £$. To Robert Whittell alias Brownlowe, 
William ManAe, and Robert Whittell whom I am godfather 
vnto, every one 12^. And to my said brother Geoffrey 
Mather I give my trunk, and to the said Anne my chest. I 
give all the residue of my goods &c. besides the discharging 
of my funeral expenses and legacies, to the said Geoffrey 
Mather my brother, and I make the said Geoffrey Mather 
my brother and James Sorrowcoulde my true and lawful 
executors. 

Sealed &c, in the [The mark of Robert 

presence of Mather.] 

[Signed] Geffrey Mather Junior 
Robert Mather Jti 
John Whittells. 

Proved at Chester by the executors 4 July 161 8. 



Cfte wan of ?genrp ^uttep, alias; barker, of tfte 
Carr&ale, «♦ Cantt, ^toman, iratrt 1617^1 

In the name of god Amen the nynthe daye of Julye Anno 
R. RTs Jacobi Angt etc. decimo sexto et Scotie quinqua- 
gessimo primo fidei defensor' &c annoq^ diii 1617 I Henrie 
Nutter als Pker [Parker] of the Carrhale in the countie of 
Lancaster yeoman sicke in bodie butt of good and pfecte 
memorie, I give god thankes for it, doe make this my last 
will and testam* in manS and forme foUoweinge, ffirst I give 
and bequeathe my soule into the handes of allmightie god, 
my maker trustinge onelie throughe his incie and the merittes 
of Christ Jesus to bee saved, It™ I give my bodie to Chris- 
tian Buriall att the discretion of my executors hereafter 
named, It°^ Concninge all my goodes Chatties and Catties 



^ From deeds in the possession of W. Ecroyd, Esq., of Nelson, near Burnley 
Q. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF RICHARD LEGH, OF SWINEHEAD. 123 

debtes moveable and unmoveable of what nature and in 
whose handes soeu I doe give and bequeathe the same in 
mannl and forme foUoweinge that is to saye all my debtes 
unto me oweinge by anye psonn whatsoeu and my funerall 
expences beinge trulie paide out of my whole goodes then I 
doe devyde the remaynder of all my said goodes chatties 
and catties and debtes into twoe Equall partes, thone hallffe 
I give unto Elline my wyffe accordinge to the custome of the 
Cuntree and the other hallffe of my saide goodes Chatties 
Catties and debtes I give unto Lawrence Townley of the 
Carrhale in the countie of Lancaster Esquire, And lastlie I 
doe hereby constitute ordayne make and appoynte the affore- 
saide Lawrence Townley and Elline^ my wyffe executors of 
this my last will and testam* hopeinge they will pforme the 
same as my trust is in theym In witnes whereof to this my 
last will & testam* I haue putt my hand and seale the dale 
and yeare first aboue written. 

Witnesses hereof [No signature.] 

Robert Townley Jur 
Richard Towneley Jur 
Robart Whalley Jur. 

Proved 9 Jan. i6i8[-i9] in the Court of the Rural 
Deanery of Blackbourne by Lawrence Townley 
the executor. 



€f)t 2129111 of Eitftarii Ifjjft, of ^toinefteab> to. 

C()e0ttr, (gfittM iateft i6i8^ 

In the name of God, Amen, the 18 July 161 8. I Richard 
Leighe of Swinhead co. Chester, gent, being of good and 
perfect memory and reasonable good health. My body to 
the earth whereof it is made. 

As concerning all my household goods, husbandry imple- 

^ Over Ellen's name is written the word renunciavit 



124 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

ments &c. I bequeath the same and every part thereof to i 

Mathew Leigh, gent., now my son and heir, for the better ^ 

enabling him to keep hospitality, he the said Mathew dis- 
charging all my funeral expences, legacies &c. I give and | 
bequeath to Lawrence Leigh my son, los. in fiill discharge 
of his filial portion, being otherwise provided for. I give 
and bequeath to Jane my daughter, wife to Edmond Latham, 
gent, ;£"io, in full satisfaction of her filial portion, being pre- 
ferred in competent manner formerly in marriage by me with I 
the said Edmond Latham. I give and bequeath to her four | 
children, Edmund, John, Mary, and Margaret Latham, £s 
each. To Thomas Leighe, gent., my brother, all my apparel 
whatsoever. 

I give and bequeath towards the reparations of the Parish 
Church of Rawstorne los., and to the poor of the same parish 
20S. to be distributed at the discretion of my executor or 
overseer. And of this my last will I constitute the said 
Mathew Leighe my son, sole Executor, and desire my wor- 
shipful nephew Thomas Leighe of High Leighe, Esq., to be 
supervisor of the same. 

Richard Leighe [Signed.] 
Witnesses hereof, 

Thomas Leighe Peter ffurnehead 

George Cooke Thomas Leighe the yonger 

Henry Bradhurst John Rawstorne. 

Proved before David Yale, Doctor of Laws, the 14 Jan^ 
i6i8[-i9], and administration granted to the sole executor. 



€fft WLill of aii« ©rte, of Wlnltonnndt^B&lt^ 
ro^ imiu^ ^pmsiter, bateti i62o^i 

In the name of God, the 2 Sept. 1620. I Alice Orte of 
Walton in lee Dale co. Lane, spinster. " My bodie to be 
Buried in the pishe Churche yorde or Chappell of the Lowe 



^ From the Agecroft collection, Poulton Deeds, No. 85 [J, P. E], 



THE WILL OF THOMAS LEGH, OF HALLOM. 12$ 

nere the Buriall place whear my ffather and mother Heth." 
I give to Thomas Cowper son of John, my great pan. To 
Edward Cowper brother of the said Thomas, my great pot. 
To the three children of the said John Cowper, Thomas, 
Edward, and Elline, the half of my pewter dishes equally 
amongst them, and the other half thereof to be at the dis- 
position of my executors. I give to the said John Cowper 
my best silver spoon. I give to the said Thomas Cowper my 
least silver spoon. And my mind is that my executors shall 
have the disposing of the other three silver spoons. To 
Thomas Cowper son of James Cowper, 40s. To Thomas 
Orte 6s. 8d. To Thomas Dyconson 4s. To Jane Procter 
2s. To Elline Parke I2d. All the residue of my goods and 
chattels after my funeral expences and legacies are dis- 
charged, shall be divided into three equal parts, one part to 
remain to the said John Cowper, the second part equally 
amongst the said three children of the said John Cowper, and 
the third part to be distributed at the discretion of my execu- 
tors. I make the said John Cowper and William Balshawe, 
Executors of this my last will, and humbly request my 
" neese " Thomas Cowper to be supervisor hereof. 

Debts owing unto me. 
Inp'mis William Balshawe and Elizabeth Cowper 8*^ 3^ 4^. 

Witnesses hereof — John Balshawe 

James ffarclough. 

Proved by the Executors before John Morres, M.A., 
Dean of the Deanery of Blackborne, the 7 Nov. 
1620. 



C6e Wiill of Cftomasi ilefift, of ?&aIIom, esfq^ 

bateb 1623,1 

In the name of god amen I Tho : Legh of Halhom Esq 
being in perfect memory &c. My body to be buried yf I dye 



* From the Lyme Deeds, Box S.I., No. 13 [J, P. E.]. 



126 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS, 

in Chest : or Lanch : at Winwick or Disley w* the licence of 
my worthy br. Sr. P. Legh kn. Whom I much respect. I 
most kindly entreate my choice beloved neph : Fran. Legh to 
bee my sole executor, to him I give all my leases goods & 
chattells, wishing & most earnestly entreating that he will 
out of them perform these legacies following. First I give to 
his noble fath. my br. my velvit cloake. Item to my niece Bold 
& my niece Sherburn the two trunks in my chamber at Hal- 
hom & the stuff in them to bee divided by his discretion 
betwene them. Item to my sister Lathom the ring whose 
posie is W*in Advised .... admits no change. Item 
to my neph : Tho : Lathom fiftie pounds. Item to Dugles 
Chapel by Perbold xx" praying the good old parson of Stan- 
dish my old maister & the parson of Ecleston to do their 
best to roote out popery & do good & not to set them selvs 
too much of the .... of this world but to strive to 
winn soules to god w*^** is their best function. Item to Whit- 
ley Chapel in Budworth parish xx^ towards the maintenance 
of a preacher or schoole or both. Item to Dasberie church 
towards the maintenance of a preacher or schoole or both xx^* 
wishing & most earnestly entreating S' Richard Brook that 
as his fath : & hee having had the tythes a long continuance 
& the parishioners comformable yf this worthy deed of agree- 
ment might be made by him M** Daniell & the Vertuous 
widows M'^ Brooke & M" Ashton, who hath benefit & do 
* give help now yearely. I give a gold ring w*'** was M' Leghs 
sealing ring to my special frend M' Hary Bradshawe of 
Marple. To my servants in liverye (named) x^, the other 
three servants is my house v® apiece. 
Dated xijth day of October. 1623. 

[Signed] THOMAS Legh. 

[Entirely autograph.] 

Sealed in the presence of 

John Dande Edw : Creswell. 

Geo : Bowdon 

[Proved 3 Nov. 1626.] 



THE WILL OF MARGERIE HIGSON. 127 



€f)t WliH of iMargene ^^igsfon, of tfte ^arisift of 
Siaaftitegate, ro. C&esfter, aaaoioto, liateU i623^i 

In the name of God, Amen, the 22 Oct. 1623. I Margerie 
Higson of the parish of Whitegate co. Chester, widow, being 
weakened by sickness yet of perfect mind. My body I do 
commit to the earth to be decently interred in Christian 
burial at the parish church of Over. And as concerning my 
worldly goods I give them to the world to be disposed of as 
follows. First I give and bequeath to my sister Margaret lO^ 
in money, and to her son John Nightgale £^. I give to the 
poor of the parish of Over (except Wetnall and Olton Loe) 
also to the poor of the parish of Whitegate (except Damall), 
;^20, which sum M' Thomas Manwaringe of Marton Sand 
oweth me, and my mind is that the churchwardens of either 
parish shall take and receive the same money either by love 
or by law, of the said Thomas Manwaringe, and divide the 
same sum equally betwixt the said parishes, and to be put 
forth to the use of the said poor people of either parish by 
the said churchwardens, and to be a stock for the said poor 
and the interest thereof to remain to the said poor every 
year's end. And also the putting forth of the said stock 
into sufficient men's hands upon good security. And my 
mind also is that the Vicar of either parish and the church- 
wardens every year have out of the said interest every one 18^ 
for their pains. I give to the poor people that shall come to 
the house and place where it pleaseth God to call me away 
every one a penny, and to every of my godchildren 12^. To 
Randle Baker son of Richard Baker 12^. To Mary Higson 
daughter of Richard Higson 5^ To the children of William 
Higson his brother, every one I2d. To Randle Barker son of 
Alis Barker, widow, I2d. To Peter Eloms 20^ in money. To 
John Hase and his wife, either 10® in money, and to their ser- 
vant John Smith lo^ To Thomas Barker of Gavell Greene, 
one of my executors, all the debt he oweth me. To Raffe 
Barker my uncle 10^ in money. I give more to my sister 

' Copied into the Whitegate Churchwardens Accounts 1601-1662 [J. P. E.]. 



128 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Margaret my gown. All the rest of my goods whatsoever I 
give to my executors hereafter named to dispose of them as 
they best think good, with all debts, bills, bonds, and any 
debt that is due to me, they out of the whole to discharge all 
such legacies, funeral expenses, and to see me honestly buried, 
I give to Henry Chatterton 12^. 

Debts owing to me by bill and bond. Andrewe Burton 10* 
George Maddocke 10* Raffe Manwaringe lo" William Higson 
10* Robert Penketh lo" Robert Cleyton of the Northwich 10* 
William fforster the younger, 10*, Raffe Nightgale 3* and his 
mother 2* and his brother Peter 11*. 

I make my executors Peter Elloms of Over and Thomas 
Barker of Gale greene, and my overseer Thomas Baker to see 
this my last will performed. 

Signu p'dic MargERIE Higson testator. 

Witnesses — 

Henry Chatterton 

Mawde Hase wife of John Hase 

with others. 

Margerie Higson widow was buried at Over the 4*^ Dec. 
1624. 



Cfte man ot Softn Clapton, of little ^^artooob, 
«♦ lantM (Btntltmm, ftattli 1625.1 

In the name of God, Amen, the 24*^ January i624[-s]. I 
John Clayton of Litle Harwoode co. Lane, gentleman. My 
body to Christian burial in the parish church of Blackborne 
at the discretion of my executors, as near my ancestors and 
friends as conveniently may be. My debts to be first paid out 
of my goods and personal estate. Item whereas I stand seised 
to me and my heirs in fee simple, of and in one capital mes- 
suage and tenement with the appurtenances in Upper Wyers- 
dale in the said county, commonly called Lentworthe, and of 



^ From deeds in possession of W. Ecroyd, Esq., 1893 U- P- E.]. 



THE WILL OF JOHN CLAYTON, OF LITTLE HARWOOD. 1 29 

and in divers other messuages, lands &c. in Ot^er Wyersdale 
aforesaid, to the said capital messuage belonging. Now my 
will is and I hereby devise the same as follows. First I devise 
the said capital messuage and all the lands &c. aforesaid, to 
Thomas Clayton my nephew, younger son of Thomas Clayton 
my late brother deceased, and his assigns during his life. 
Remainder to the first and other sons of the said Thomas 
Clayton, successively, and their heirs male in tail. Remainder 
to John Clayton elder brother of the said Thomas Clayton 
during his life. Remainder to the first and other sons of the 
said John Clayton, my nephew, successively, and their heirs 
male in tail. Remainder to Edward Clayton of Manchester, 
gentleman, my brother, during his life. Remainder to the first 
and other sons of the said Edward Clayton, successively, and 
their heirs male in tail. Remainder to Rauffe Clayton, gentle- 
man, one other of my brothers, during his life. Remainder to 
the first and other sons of the said Rauffe Clayton, successively, 
and their heirs male in tail. Remainder to the right heirs of 
me the said John Clayton for ever. Nevertheless it is my will 
that the said Thomas Clayton my nephew, shall within one 
year next after he shall come to the possession of the said 
premises cleared from the rent charge now payable forth of 
the same, pay to my executors hereafter named ;£'300 as my 
said executors shall appoint, unless they see any just cause to 
make any abatement thereof, and in default of such payment 
the said sum shall be raised out of the said premises by my 
executors. And whereas I did formerly purchase in the name 
of my said brother Edward Clayton in trust for the use of 
myself and my heirs, one water corn mill called Lentworthe- 
Mylne, my will is and I heartily entreat my said brother that 
the said mill may be enjoyed and used with the said capital 
messuage and lands. And as touching my personal estate and 
goods, I give to my said nephew John Clayton all my standing 
goods, chattels, plate, household stuff and implements of hus- 
bandry, within or belonging to my dwelling house at Litle- 
harwood where I now live (my corn and grain and all my cattle 
and quick goods only excepted). I give to my said nephew 
Thomas Clayton, all my dead goods and chattels and all 
implements of household and husbandry at or in my said 
dwelling house called Lentworthe (all my corn, cattle, sheep, 

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I30 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

and other quick goods only excepted). I give to my AUyance 
Thomas Birtwisley and my niece Margrett his wife in full dis- 
charge of her filial portion and all other legacies the sum of 
£$0. To my kinsman and godson George Abbott ;f lo. To 
my kinsman William Abbott brother of the said George the 
sum of £30. To their two sisters Mai^ery and Ellen either 
of them ;£'io. To my kinsinan Thomas Whalley ;^io, and to 
my godson John Whalley of London his brother ;£'20. To 
Ellen now wife of Richard Mercer and sister to the said 
Thomas and John Whalley the sum of ;f 10. To my kins- 
man and godson Myles Marsden ;£^io. To Margrett and 
Margery his two sisters, either of them ;f 10. To my said 
brothers Edward and Rauffe either of them ;£^io, and to my 
brother William Clayton ;f20, and to my sister Ellen ;£"io. 
To John Shau'ples the younger of Blackbome who married my 
kinswoman ;f 10. To Mary Livesaye my servant, daughter of 
Thomas Livesaye of Sydbighte ;£'io. I give all the residue 
of my goods &c. (my debts and legacies first discharged) to 
my executors hereafter named. And I constitute and make 
my said brothers Edward Clayton and Rauffe Clayton Exe- 
cutors of this my last will. 

John Clayton. 

Witnesses — 

William Clayton 
Gyles Clayton 
Henrye Clayton. 

[A copy of the will on paper.] 



Cfte man ot mv mbtrt ialanH, of m feutt, 
to. ILanr^, WmU, iateH i626^i 

In the name of God, Amen, the 30*^ Jany x** Charles 
i 1 625-6] I S' Gilberte Ireland of the Hutt co. Lane, knight. 



^ From the High Legh\Deeds, 1884 [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF SIR GILBERT IRELAND, OF THE HUTT. I3I 

being aged. My body to Christian burial. I give and be- 
queath to Dame Barbara Ireland my pow welbeloved wife, 
all my new plate which was made for me by one Hulme a 
goldsmith, one Chain of gold of the value of 26" or there- 
abouts, together with all rings, jewels, wearing apparel, chests, 
and trunks now in her own custody, together with the bed- 
ding and all other furniture in the great Chamber at Hale, 
and also the gelding with the saddle and other furniture 
belonging thereto, and whereupon she now usually rideth. 
Item to John Ireland my son and heir apparent, my best 
horse with all armours and furniture belonging to a Launce 
and all other armours, with the furniture belonging to the 
pykes and muskets wherewith I stand now charged, and also 
all other armours, pykes &c. which in any sort belong to 
Marshall discipline, and also the great broad silver knife used 
for a voyding knife at the table, the great horn garnished 
with silver and gilt, together with all the boards, forms, tables 
&c which at the time of my decease shall happen to be at 
Croton CO. Chester, so as he the said John Ireland hold him- 
self satisfied with such legacies as are hereby given to him, 
and do not go about to infringe or alter the same, or do not 
put in suit a certain bond of ;^ioo which was at the time of 
his marriage taken in his name to no other purpose, but to 
stir up and cause my Lady Yonge to be more open hearted 
and liberal to him and her daughter in future time, in respect 
of her former large promises made to me how good she 
would be to them, and what great gifts she would bestow on 
them after their marriage, and especially at their going to 
keep house, And so as he the said John Ireland do confirm 
all such leases as are heretofore made by me to any of my 
younger children. Item all the residue of my goods &c. I 
devise to be divided into three equal parts, the first part 
whereof I reserve to myself towards the paying of my debts, 
legacies, and funeral expenses, so as my funeral charges 
amount not above the sum of ;^30. The second part thereof 
I bequeath to the said Dame Barbara Ireland my dearly be- 
loved wife. And the third part to all my younger children, 
equally to be divided amongst them. And as concerning the 
residue of my said part of goods, my debts &c. being first 
paid, I bequeath the same to my said younger children 

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132 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

equally amongst them. And further my will is that whereas 
I the said S' Gilbert Ireland at the time of the ensealing 
hereof stand seised of a good and absolute estate in fee 
simple to me and my heirs of certain messuages, burgages, 
lands &c. within the City of Chester, and Manley co. Chester, 
And of certain messuages, lands &c. in Halewood, Hale- 
bancke, and Much Wool ton co. Lane. I bequeath the same 
to James Massie of Hindley co. Lane. Esq. and Hamlett 
Massie gent, son and heir apparent of Richard Massie of 
Rixton CO. Lane. Esq' and their heirs, to such intent and 
purpose that they the said James and Hamlett and their 
heirs shall bargain and sell or otherwise convey the same to 
any person or persons for the payment of the debts of the 
said S' Gilberte, or for the preferment of all or any the 
younger children of the said S' Gilberte, as he the said S' 
Gilberte shall appoint. And my further will is that the said 
James and Hamlet and their heirs shall grant or convey to 
Gilberte Ireland youngest son of the said Sir Gilberte, and to 
his heirs and assigns for ever, for his better preferment, all 
that messuage, lands &c. with their appurtenances commonly 
called Ridleys farme, situate in Hunsterston, Hatherton, and 
Duddington alias Derrington co. Chester. Item Whereas 
Elizabeth Countess of Derby as by several notes under her 
hand aswell for money lent by John Ireland late of Hutt co. 
Lane. Esq' deceased, my brother as by several disbursements 
to others made by her appointment, was indebted to him in 
several great sums of money, which were conveyed to me for 
valuable considerations amongst other things by the ex- 
ecutors of my late brother John Ireland, I the said S' 
Gilberte for the better preferment of my daughter Katherine 
do bequeath to the said Katherine all such sums of money as 
can in any wise be gotten from any person or persons by 
reason of the said several writings. Item I bequeath to the 
said James Massie two 20 shilling pieces of gold to buy him 
a ring with. I constitute and make the said Dame Barbara 
Ireland my welbeloved wife, and Thomas Ireland one of my 
younger sons my true and lawful Executors. 

Gilbert Ireland. 
Sealed &c. in the presence of 



THE WILL OF RALPH CLAYTON, OF LONDON. 1 33 

Wittm Sherlocke Gierke, John Minshull, John Parte, 
Thomas Gleaue, Robte Whittle. 

Copia hec Concordat Cum 
Testam*® p'd defte penes 
Regrufh Curie ConS Cestr 
remaneft fca Collacoe p me 
Edw : Morgell 

NqHus Pub*"® 

exaiat p me W^^ Harding. 

xxj^ die Aprilis 1641. 

Shewed to wytness* on the behaulf of the 
deff^ at the Castle of Chester & sworne 
vnto before vs Geo : Bostocke 

Da : Speed 
Thom : Poole, John Mekeying [?] 



€f)t WiiU of i^alpl^ Clapton, Citizen antr &rottr, 

of ionion.^ 

[Date torn off — probably 1626.] 

I Ralfe Clayton Citizen and Grocer of London. Item I 
give to the Vicar, Churchwardens, and parishioners of Black- 
borne in Lancashire where I was borne, the sum of £^0 to be 
preserved and kept for a perpetual stock in money or other- 
wise to be bestowed in lands, as they shall think most con- 
venient, and that all the issues and profits thereof shall remain 
for ever to the use of such old and poor decayed parishioners 
of the same parish as shall stand in most need to be relieved, 
at the discretion of the said Churchwardens with four or six 
substantial parishioners yearly. Provided always that the 
sum of 14s. of the said yearly profits shall be yearly bestowed 
upon two Bibles of 7s. a Bible to give unto two poor children 
of the same parish, either son or daughter of any poor man, 

* From deeds in the possession of Mr. Ecroyd, 1892 Q. P. E.]. 



134 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

that best fear God and are willing to learn, at or about the 
feast of the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady the Virgin. 

[A true copy of so much of the will as concerns the Legacy 
given to Blackborne.] 



iMafeerffeKi, to. lum,, ©Kaller, iatti 1629^1 

In the name of God, Amen, I Richard Twisse of Ashton 
in Makerfeild co. Lane, waller. My body to Christian burial 
in my parish church of Winwicke. My debts, legacies, and 
funeral expenses shall be discharged out of my whole goods, 
and then my goods shall be divided into three equal parts, 
two parts whereof shall remain to Margaret my wife, and one 
part to my son. And it is my will that John Winterbothoni 
and Henry Birchall my brother in law shall have the govern- 
ment of my son's part of goods until he accomplish the age 
of 21 years, and as concerning my messuage, lands, and 
tenements, it is my will that Margaret my wife shall have the 
occupation of them all until John my son shall come to the 
age of 21 years. And it is my will that the housing shall be 
equally divided betwixt my wife and my son, and for the land 
my son shall have the South end and my wife the North end. 
And for the kiln and kiln yard I assign my whole estate 
thereof to Margaret my wife. I make my true and lawful 
executors hereof Margaret my wife, and Henry Birchall my 
brother in law. 

Dated 17 Feb. i628[-9]. 

Debts owing by the said Richard Twisse. 

To John Ashton and his sons 6^ &the use. 

To Elizabeth Derbishire widow 4^ & the use. 



^ Original in the possession of W. Ecroyd, Esq., of Nelson, near Burnley 
[J. P .E.J. 



THE WILL OF DOROTHY HELSBY, OF CHORLTON. 1 35 

Debts owing to the said Richard 

Hercules Eaton 21^6^ 

[The whole of the debts.] 

RiC TwisSE 

Witnesses — | 

Thomas Birchall ^^^ ~|~ ^'^^ 

John Birche. 

Proved by the executors before William Lewis, clerk, 
Rural Dean of Warrington, 9 April 1629. 



Wbt wan of movotf)is ilelstbp, of C()orIti)tt, to. 
€f)t^Ur, ^pms(ter> iatei 1641,1 

In the name of God Amen the last day of March in the 
yeare of our lord god one thowsand sixe hundred forty and 
one I Dorothy Helsby of Chorleton in the county of Chester 
spinster daughter vnto Randle Helsby of Helsby in the afore- 
said county gentleman decessid doe make and ordayne my 
last will and testament in manner and forme following That 
is to say I giue and bequeath vnto Leonard Grantham of 
the cittye of Chester gentleman and to my kinswoman 
Penelope his wife and to the heires and assignes of her the 
said Penplope my house and garden with the appurtenauncs 
in Chorlton aforesaid wherein I dwell and all my lands and 
tenem*^ in the towne and feilds of Chorleton aforesaid which 
my saide father gaue to me vpon Condicon that they the said 
Leonard Grantham and the said Penelope his wife my kyns- 
woman shall well and sufficiently mayneteyne keepe and 
looke to me dureing the terme of my lyfe w**^ meate drinke 
clothynge washing and lodging in my said house wherein I 
now dwell at Chorleton afforesaid Neu'lesse I doe hereby 
giue vnto Randulphe the son of my brother Thomas Helsby 
of Kingsley gentleman the full summe of fforty pounds to be 

* The original in the possession of Thos. Helsby, Esq., April, 1893 U' P* E.]. 



1 36 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

payde him out of y® p'fitts of my said lands when I am 
buryed. And I bequeathe my soul to God vpon w®^ Jesus 
haue mercie and my body to be buryed in the Chapel of 
Aluonley And I doe hereby reuoke and make voyde all 
my former and other wills. 

[Signed] DOROTHY Helsby. 

Signed sealed published and Declared in the psence of 
[Signed] Tho : ffrodsham Gilbert Gerrard 
Eliz**» Chorleton Brydgett Helsby 

Joane Boothe Thomas Burges his i I i mk 



^tll of Ct)i)mas( i)flouIs(on> of Wif)ttlotk, to^ 
Cftesiter, €siq*, iattti 1648,1 

"In the name of God Amen I Thomas Moulson of Whee- 
locke in the County of Chester Esquire being somewhat 
weake in body but of gfect memory praised be God Doe 
Coihitte my soule to God my heavenly father in the meritts 
& Death of my Redeemer Jesus Christ, And my body I 
Coinitte to Christian buriall and to be interred in my owne He 
in the pishe Church of Sandbach in such Decent maner as is 
meete And I Doe make my last will and testament in Maner 
and forme following ffirst I giue and bequeathe vnto my 
Nephew Thomas Steephens All my Manors Mesuags lands 
tenem*^ & other hereditam*^ whatsoever To haue & to hold 
the same to him & to the heires males of his body lawfully 
to be begotten he or they Paying all such legacies and 
somes of Money as are heerein, or in the scedul heerevnto 
annexed given and bequeath[ed] expressed or menconed to 
the seuall 8t respectiue psons either in this will or in the 
scedule or codicill annexed pticulerly nominated And for 
default of such Issue Then to the vse and behoofe of Edward 
Steephens brother of the sayd Thomas & of the heires 



^ Enrolled in the Hustings of Common Pleas, Guildhall, London, 1663 
[J. P. E.]. 



WILL OF THOMAS MOULSON, OF WHEELOCK. 1 37 

males of the body of the said Edward lawfully to be be- 
gotten chardgeable in maner & forme as afores^ And for 
default of such Issue then To the vse and behoofe of Nicholas 
Ranton sonne of my sister Ranton and of the heires males 
of his body lawfully to be begotten chardgeable as aforesayd 
And for Default of such Issue to the vse and behoofe of 
Thomas Ranton annother sonne of my s^ sister Ranton & 
of the heires males of his body lawfully to be begotten 
chardged & chargeable as afores^ And for Default of such 
Issue to the vse and behoofe of the right heires of me the 
sayd Thomas Moulson for evermore. And Moreover my 
Mynd and will is and I doe giue devise and bequeath vnto 
my loveing Mother the yerely some of fiftye pounds p Annu 
to be Issueing and goeing out of All my sayd lands aswell 
purchased lands as others Dureing hir life att the fouer most 
usuall & accustomed flfeast Dayes in the yeare the ffirst 
payment thereof to beginne at w^*^ of the same feasts shall 
first happen after my death. And Alsoe I giue and bequeath 
vnto my brother John Steephens Esq' the some of tenn 
pounds and to his wife the like some of tenn pounds, 
vnto Alderman Kenericke tenn pounds & to his wife tenn 
pounds vnto my cozen M' Seriant Turnor tenn pounds 
& to his wife tenn pounds vnto my Cozen Edward his 
Sonne x^ and to my Cozen Anne Calthropp Daughter to 
the said seriant the like sume of tenn pounds, vnto M' fifran- 
cis Rowland tenn pounds & to his wife tenn pounds vnto 
my Cozen Thomas Aldersey of Spurstow tenn pounds & 
to his wife tenn pounds to my Cozen Raven tenn pounds 
& to his wife tenn pounds vnto my uncle Huxley fiue 
pounds to his sonne fiue pounds & to his wife fiue pounds 
& fiue pounds to his grandchild vnto my Cozen Kynaston 
fiue pounds & to his wife fiue pounds To my Cozen Thomas 
Edwards tenn pounds & to his wife tenn pounds vnto my 
Cozen Bassnett fiue pounds & to his wife fiue pounds to my 
Aunt Amey Key forty pounds over and besids hir threescore 
pounds w®^ is in my hands, vnto my Cozen John Jones fiue 
pounds & to his wife [fiue] pounds, to my servant Richard 
Alexander fifty pounds to my servant Richard Roberts thirty 
pounds vnto my Neece Anne Steephens tenn pounds To 
my Neece Rebecka Ranton & to hir too sisters Anne & 



138 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Elizabeth tenn pounds a peece to euy of them, vnto my cozen 
Lee of Darnall fiue pounds To the poore of the pishe Church 
of Sandbache tenn pounds towards [the] increase of theire 
stocke, vnto the poore of Namptwiche tenn pounds to be 
sett forth att the oversight of the Maior John Bromhall M' 
Sabbath Church & M' Thomas Noden To M' Scinderland 
If he preache att my fuSall fiue pounds And I doe giue and 
bequeath to my sayd Cozen Thomas Steephens All my goods 
Catells Chatells plate Jewells & household [stuflf] of what 
kynd or nature soever he paying the sayd respectiue somes 
of Money & Alsoe paying my debts if any be att the tyme of 
my death And my mynd and will likewise is that If the 
sayd debts legacies or somes of money can not be had & 
raised out of my psonall estate That my brother the s* M"" 
John Steephens shall sell the mesuag and lands in London 
for the speedy payment thereof And I Doe ordayne And 
Appoint my sayd brother M' John Steevens Executor of this 
my last will and testament And If he Dye that then his 
Executors shall sell the sayd mesuags & lands in London 
If need soe require And I Doe Appoint my sayd Cozens 
M' Thomas Aldersey M' Will»m Raven & M' Thomas 
Edwards overseeres of this my last will and testament And I 
doe heereby Rennounce Revoke & frustrate All former or other 
wills or testam** And doe publishe & declare this to be my 
last will and Testament In wittnes whereof I haue heerevnto 
put my hand and scale this sixt Day of September in the 
fouer and twentith yeare of the Raigne of our soulaigne 
Lord Charles by the grace of God over England &c. Annoq^ 
dni 1648. 

[Signed] Tho: Moulson. 

Signed sealed and published in the pilce of 
[Signed] Tho : Aldersey 

Jo. Jones 
Tho: MinshuU 
Rih. Alexander 
Witt Meakin." 

"This last will was shewed vnto Georg Read [and] 
Richard Roberts." 



WILL OF THOMAS MOULSON, OF WHEELOCK. 1 39 

" The 24th of September 1648 

Memorandum that I beinge in perffect memory doe be- 
queath flfurther Item to John Prachett & Margery his wiffe of 
Namptwich ffiue poundes a peece : It : to Richard Proude- 
loue my bayliffe ffiue poundes : It : to Willyam Symonds the 
same of ffiue poundes : It : to Henery Marstone my Cooke 
the sume of fifortie shillings : It : to my maide An : Willamson 
twentie shillinges If to my man Anthony Howcrofft twentie 
shillings : It : to my boy Will : Walker ten shillinges : It : I 
giue to Docter Anthoney Marbury the sume of tenn poundes 
and the bond that he stands bound vnto me towards his 
Charges : If I giue & bequeath vnto George Reade the sume 
of tenn poundes and to be paid ffor all other thinges & 
charges that I haue caused him to disbursse ffor my vse : It : 
to the parrish of Sandbeach the sume of two poundes & 
tenn shillinges to be dispossed of at the day of my buriali by 
the Churchwardens & w*^ the assistance of 3 or 4 : of the 
ablest of the parish and to be disposed of in the towne of 
Sandbeach In wittnesse whereoff I haue herevnto put my 
hand & seale the day and yeare aboue written beinge the 
fouer and twentieth yeare of our lord kinge Charles by the 
grace of God over England &c. the 24*^ September Anno 
Domi 1648. 

[Signed] Tho: Moulson. 

Signed seald & published 
to be a Codecill to be anexed [Armorial seal.^] 

to the will of the w*Mn named 
Thomas Moulson Esq' in the 
psence of 

[Signed] Richard Roberts 
George Reade 
Rich. Alexander." 

" This Codicill was shewed 
vnto George Read and Richard 
Roberts." 



* An oval seal. Arms : a chevron between three mullets, Esquire's helm 
and mantling. Crest : a griffin segreant, in the dexter claw a mullet. 



I40 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

" Memorand That this will was inrolled in the Hustings 
of Comon Pleas in y® Guildhall On Munday the ffirst Day of 
June in the ffifteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soulaigne 
Lord King Charles the Second &c. [1663]. 

Rawlins." 



€f)t Wlill of iMarp aOiersfej), of Sonlk ^taple^- 
fdrtr, co^ €f)tiiUv, asaOioto, iatti 1675.1 

" In the name of God Amen on the Sixteenth day of July 
In the twenty sixth yeare of the Raigne of oure soveraine lord 
Charles the second by the grace of God Kinge of England 
Scotland Ffrance and lerland Defender of the ffaith Anno 
Domi 1675. I Mary Aldersey of Ffoulkstableford in the 
County of Chester widow beinge somewhat distempred in body 
but of good and perfect memory God's holy name be thear- 
fore praised yett Caleinge to minde my mortallity, beinge well 
ashewred that all flesh is borne to dy and the time thearof 
most vncertaine do thearfore make and ordaine this my last 
will and testamente for the Avoydinge of ffuture sutes and 
trubls in manner and forme foUowinge and first and princi- 
pally I Comend my soule into the hands of almighty God 
hopeinge setfastly [stedfastly] through the merits of Jesus 
Christ my blesed saviour and Redeemer to be one of his 
Electt and to haue a ioyfuU Resurection att the last day, and 
my body I Comend to the Earth to be decently buried att 
the discreshon of my Execut^ heareafter named and as for 
that worldly Estate whearwith the lord hath blesed mee I 
giue and bequeth the same in manner and forme followinge 
and first I giue and bequeth vpon my sonn John Aldersey 
my whole Estate as itt stands performinge such things as 
shall be mentiond hearafter and my sonn John Aldersey is 
to pay out of the said Estate twenty two pounds to Henry 
Moors of Warton for the vse of Jesse Okell of the said toune 

^ From the Aldersey Deeds [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF MARY ALDERSEY. 141 

sonn to Robert Okell and to Samuell Okell tenn shillings and 
to Samuell Smith tenn pounds hee beinge sonn to William 
Smith whearof fiue pounds of itt is to be paid as soone as 
neede shall Require and the other fiue pounds and the twenty 
two pounds which is left to the said Jesse Okell is to be paid 
att the End of three years or sooner if hee marry, and if the 
[said] Samuell dy before the tearme of seaven years be 
Expired then Henry Moors haueinge bond for itt of the said 
John Aldersey is to dispose of itt for the vse of Robert Okells 
Children likewise hee is to pay to his brother Hugh Aldersey 
the summ of fiue pounds within the Compas of halfe a yeare 
and to pay to my maid Mary Hilton tenn shillings whenever 
shee Cales for itt and to Rose Okell all my wearinge Cloaths 
onely Exceptinge theose that I weare Every day and I leaue to 
Henry Moors a paire of gloues of halfe a crowne price to be 
giuen him, and the aforsaid Henry Moors is to take bond as 
is mentiond before and the said John Aldersey is to giue him 
such security as he liketh or Elce the said Henry Moors is to 
be in full powre to sell as much of the goods for the Raisinge 
of the sums mentiond and the aforesaid John Aldersey is to 
pay vse for the said moneis the two hindmost years accordinge > 
to the statute and I leaue to be giuen to my sister Amy War- 
burton one shilling. 

Memorandum that I do hearby accordinge to the powre 
giuen mee by my late husband in his last will Charge the 
lands in Hargreave in the saide will mentiond with the pay- 
tiiente of the summ of ffowerscore pounds which ffowrescore 
pounds I do hearby giue and apoynte to be paid to my Cosen 
Thomas Aldersey of of [szc] the City of Chester wittnes my 
hand 

Mary Aldersey. [Signed.] 

In the presence of 

Elizabeth Buckley Mary Hilton Edward Humston. 

This copy was truely Examind and Compard by vs 
witnes our hands 

Robert Okell 
Jesse Okell. 



142 ^ LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



€f)t won of iol^n ^artmffton, of iftanrftesiter. 

Chapman, iatelr 1677^^ 

In the name of God, Amen. I John Partington of Man- 
chester CO. Lane. Chapman. My body to the earth. First it 
is my will that my debts and funeral expenses shall be paid 
out of my personal estate. And out of the rest of my said 
estate I give the sum of ;£"700 to be by my Executors herein- 
after named laid forth so soon after my decease as con- 
veniently may be in the purchase of lands &c. of a good 
estate in the law in fee simple in the name and to the use 
of my Executors and the survivor of them and their heirs 
for ever, to the intent that the same lands &c. after purchase 
thereof as aforesaid, may be settled and assured by my said 
Executors to two, three, or four honest persons such as my 
Executors shall elect for that purpose and to their heirs for 
ever, to the following uses, that is to say. To the use of 
Mary my now wife for her life. Remainder to the heirs male 
of the body of me the said John Partington by the said Mary 
my now wife begotten or to be begotten. Remainder to the 
heirs of the body of the said John Partington by the said 
Mary begotten or to be begotten. Remainder to the right 
heirs of me the said John Partington for ever. And my will 
is that the interest of the said ;£^700 before such purchase as 
aforesaid shall be payable to the said Mary my wife. I give 
to my daughter Sarah Partington by Mary my first wife, ;f450, 
And to the child my now wife is in child with, the sum of 
;£^400, when 21, with benefit of survivorship. I bequeath to my 
brother Hobson Partington for the use of his children now 
living ;^ioo. I further give to. my Executors hereinafter 
named, the sum of ;^ioo, to the intent that they or the sur- 
vivor of them shall within one year after my decease, pur- 
chase lands &c. in fee simple in the name and to the use 
of my Executors and the survivor of them and their heirs 
for ever, to the intent that the same lands &c. "after such 



1 From the Partington Charity Deeds, Manchester Corporation Records 
Q. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF JOHN PARTINGTON, OF MANCHESTER. 143 

purchase may be settled and assured unto six honest and 
able persons inhabiting within the town of Manchester, such 
as my Executors or the survivor of them shall elect for that 
purpose. To the use of my said Executors, and the said 
other six persons so to be elected as aforesaid, upon trust, 
that from such purchase and settlement, all the clear yearly 
rents &c. of all the said lands &c. so to be purchased as is 
last mentioned, shall for ever thereafter yearly be faithfully 
and wholly disposed of towards the succour and relief of such 
poor, aged, needy, and impotent people as for the time being 
shall inhabit and dwell within the town of Manchester, and 
by the discretions from time to time for ever of the over- 
seers of the poor of the said town of Manchester shall be 
conceived to have need thereof. And my will is that when 
there shall be only two of the said persons so to be elected as 
aforesaid in full life, then the same two surviving persons 
shall enfeoff other six honest and sufficient persons inhabiting 
within the said town of Manchester, and their heirs and as- 
signs of the premises so to be purchased as is last mentioned, 
upon the like trust, and the like order to be kept for ever, 
when and as often as there shall be only two feoffees alive. 
I bequeath to M' Henry Newcome the elder, ;£"20, To M' 
Henry ffinch ;£'2o. To M' Robert Eaton ^5. To M' 
Henry Pendlebury £$. To William Ladds eldest son and 
heir of M' William Ladds of the Three Kinges in Cheapside, 
London, ;f 50 to be paid to him upon balancing of the accounts 
betwixt M' Ladds and me with my Executors. I give to 
Nicholas Stratford D.D. Warden of the College of Christ in 
Manchester, £^, and desire him to preach my funeral sermon. 
To my fathers in law M*^ John Tildeley and M' William 
Williamson or either of them 20s. to buy them mourning 
rings, and I give to all my sisters in law 20s. apiece to buy 
mourning rings. To my brother in law M*^ Richard Percivall 
and my loving friend Thomas Evans ;£'io apiece, and 20s. 
apiece more to buy them mourning rings. To my daughter 
Sarah Partington all the linens that I had in my first wife's 
time. All the residue of my personal estate I bequeath to 
Mary my now wife. And I hereby constitute and make the 
said M' Richard Percivall my brother in law, and my said 
loving friend M' Thomas Evans, Executors of this my last 



144 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

will. I leave the tuition of my said daughter Sarah Parting- 
ton and the management of her portion to my said father in 
law M' William Williamson, and desire my Executors to pay 
the same portion into the hands of the said M' Williamson 
within two years after my decease. Dated the 15*^ Sept. 

1677. 

Sealed &c. in the presence of John EUer, James Redich, 

Nathan Leech. 

[Copy of the will.] 

Endorsed on the back — 

" The Second part of the Tytle to the Lands or yerly 
Rent of 5' payable out of Lands in Little Lever." 



to. lanr*, ^tomm, iatelr i678^i 

In the name of God, Amen, the 8 Oct 30 Charles II. 1678. 
I Richard Sharpies of Litle Leaver co. Lane, yeoman, being 
aged and somewhat infirm in body. My body to the earth 
from whence it was taken. Whereas I have sealed and 
executed a deed of feoffment bearing dated the 2 Nov. 1671, 
whereby I have settled all that and those my capital burgage, 
mansion, or dwelling house and outhousing, fulling milne or 
walk milne, and all those several closes commonly called the 
Bankes, the Bottomes, the Stable Field, the Highmost Field, 
and the Midlest Field, situate in Litle Leaver aforesaid where- 
in and whereupon I now dwell, to several uses in the said 
deed expressed, only reserving to myself in the said deed 
power to limit the said lands &c., to such uses (in case my 
daughter Anne wife of Joshua Dixon, die before the said 
Joshua, without issue of her body) as by my last will or other 
my deed lawfully executed shall be declared. I do therefore 
hereby declare that it is my will and in the aforesaid case I 
devise the said lands &c., with their appurtenances to the use 

^ From the Partington Charity Deeds, Manchester Corporation Records 
[J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF RICHARD SHARPLES, OF LITTLE LEVER. 14S 

of my daughter Mary, and the issue of her body lawfully be- 
gotten, always preferring the male before the female, and the 
elder before the younger, with remainder to the right heirs of 
me the said Richard Sharpies for ever, upon condition that in 
the aforesaid case the sum of £$0 be well and truly paid to 
the said Joshua Dixon, and that such issue of my said daughter 
Mary which shall happen to enjoy the same land and pre- 
mises within 12 months next after entering upon the same, 
well and truly pay to the rest of the then living issue of my 
said daughter Mary lawfully begotten ;^ioo. And whereas I 
have secured jointly with my son in law William Crompton 
the payment of several sums of money amounting in all to 
;f 80 being his own proper debts. It is my will that the said 
sum of ;£^8o be raised and paid out of my lands and personal 
estate by my Executors in manner hereinafter appointed (that 
is to say), that the sum of ;£'40 be raised out of the yearly 
issues of the lands whereof I stand seised in fee, viz. out of 
the yearly issues of that messuage now in the possession of 
Raphe Leaver, John Leaver, and Katterin Pollett, and of two 
closes called the Great Common and the Little Common, and 
of four other closes called the Furthest Mythom, the Midle 
Mythom, the Delfe Hills, and one little plot or parcel of land 
lying at the River side, and of one other cottage or dwelling 
house now in the possession of Robert Pollitt, James PoUit 
and Mary Crompton, and of several other closes commonly 
called the Masters Crofte, the Rough Mythom, and the Little 
Mythome, all which said housing and parcels of land lie in 
Litle Leaver aforesaid. Provided always and I hereby devise 
the three closes abovementioned called the Midle Mythom, 
the Delphe Hills, and the little plot lying at the river side to 
my brother James during his life, upon condition that he pay 
the yearly sum of 20s. and all lays, taxations &c., imposed on 
the said closes and on that other close called the Furthest 
Mythom, which said sum of 20s. yearly shall be employed to- 
wards the payment of the said ;^40, and yearly added to the 
yearly profits of the other lands until the said sum of ;^40 be 
raised and paid as aforesaid, and afterwards to the use of such 
person or persons who shall have the inheritance of the land 
according to the devise hereafter expressed. And it is my 
will that after the sum of ;^40 hath been raised as aforesaid, 



146 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

then I devise the said messuage now in the possession of 
Ralph Leaver, John Leaver, and Katterin PolHt, together with 
the new bam and those two closes called the Great Common 
and the Little Common with their appurtenances to my 
daughter Anne and the issue of her body lawfully begotten, 
always preferring the male before the female and the elder 
before the younger. Remainder to my daughter Mary and 
her issue in like manner. Remainder to the right heirs of me 
the said Richard Sharpies for ever. And all the residue of 
the lands before mentioned, viz. that cottage now in the 
possession of Robert Pollit, James Pollit and Mary Crompton, 
and the said closes called the Furthest Mythome &c. after the 
discharge of the said sum of ;^40, I devise to my daughter 
Mary and her issue in manner aforesaid, with remainder to 
the right heirs of me the said Richard Sharpies for ever, the 
said close devised to my brother James only excepted during 
his life, on the conditions aforesaid. And lastly it is my will 
that my debts and funeral expences be deducted out of my 
personal estate, and also ;f40 out of it to discharge the re- 
mainder or other moiety of my son in law William Cromp- 
ton's debts for which I stand engaged as aforesaid. All the 
residue of my personal estate I bequeath to my daughter 
Anne. And of this my last will I nominate my two sons in 
law Joshua Dixon and William Crompton, Executors. 

Sealed &c. in the presence of, John Mason, John Mason, 
John Sharpies. 

A true Copy examined 5 March 1679, by Tho. Lever 
Geo: Haugh. 

Endorsed on the back — 

" y« copy of Ri : Sharpies will y® originall being agreed 
to be kept by Jo° Sharpies betwixt Jos : Dixon 
& W°^ Crompton May 7^ 80, at J. Grimshaws." 



\ 



THE NUNCUPATIVE WILL OF MARY TRAVERS. 147 

€f)t ^urwupatibe Wlill at iHarp Crafaersf, 
^pimttt, of iorton, «♦ Cftestter, iratttr 1684.1 

Memorandum that the 4 Sept. 1683 Mary Travers, spin- 
ster, daughter of John Travers late of Horton co. Chester, 
gentleman, did in the presence of those whose names are 
underwritten declare her last will and mind to be That 
whereas the sum of ;^400 is charged upon the lands in Hor- 
ton aforesaid for the portion of her the said Mary, and part 
thereof is already raised, she the said Mary did declare that 
it was her mind and purpose to dispose of ;£'iSO parcel of the 
said ;£^40O in manner following, that is to say, that her four 
aunts Elizabeth Aldersey, Anne ^Idersey, Mary Aldersey, 
and Martha Aldersey, spinsters should have ;£'20 apiece, and 
her cozens Henry Travers and Thomas Travers both of Ches- 
ter, ;^io apiece, and her five cozens the sons and daughters 
of her uncle Thomas Aldersey Esq., 20s. apiece, and her four 
cozens the daughters of her cozen[s] Robert Aldersey and 
William Aldersey both of London, GenE, 20s. apiece. That 
all her uncles and aunts should have rings, and that her 
mother Rebecca Travers, widow, should have a ring of double 
the value of the former, and that her grandmother Aldersey 
should have a ring of like value with her mother's. That 
there should be a Dole dealt to the poor of about £^. And 
all the rest of the said ^£"400 her will was that her brother 
John Travers gent, if he lived to attain the age of 21 years, 
should have the whole advantage of it, but if he died before 
the said age, that the same be divided between her said four 
aunt Alderseys. And that her said uncle Thomas Aldersey 
should be her sole executor and to see her decently buried. 

Witnesses — Anne Edwardes, George Huxley, John Alder- 
sey. 

Proved at Chester the 9 April 1684 by the executor. 



* From the Aldersey Deeds Q. P. E.]. 



L 2 



148 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



€f)t Wiill of dSU^ahttb CI)antreII, of Wiavvinston, 

aaBOnoto, tratftr 1689.^ 

In the name of God, Amen, the 29*^ Oct. 1689. I Eliza- 
beth Chantrell of Warrington co. Lane, widow. My body to 
the earth. And whereas by a certain Indenture of Assign- 
ment made between me the said Elizabeth Chantrell of the 
one part, and Sir Richard Brooke of Norton co. Chester, Bart, 
by the name of Richard Brooke son of Henry Brooke of 
Norton, Esq' and Richard Legh of High Legh in the said 
county Esq' by the name of Richard Legh son of Henry 
Legh of High Legh Esq' of the other part, there is a proviso 
made, reserving power to me the said Elizabeth to charge my 
cosen Thomas Legh hereinafter named with any sum of 
money not exceeding the sum of £^0 by any writing under 
my hand and seal in my life time. Now I the said Elizabeth 
Chantrell do by this my last will charge the said Thomas 
Legh with the several legacies hereinafter mentioned to be 
paid within the space of two years, if the said Thomas Legh 
shall receive so much money of the tenement mentioned in 
the said Indenture of Assignment. I bequeath to my sister 
Goulborne ;6'io. Item to my sister Katharine Legh ;6^io. 
Item to my cosen Jane Legh of Swinhed 20* to buy her a 
ring. Item to my cosen Dorothy Legh 20^ Item to Cosen 
Anne Brooke 20*. Item to Cosen Mary Legh 20*. Item to 
my cosen Thomas Goulborne 20^ to buy them rings. Item to 
my cosen Jane Legh of Swinhed my best gown. Item to my 
landlord Nicolls lo^ Item to Samuel Haughton IO^ Item 
to Netham Goulborne 10®. And as concerning my household 
goods &c. and all other my personal estate I bequeath the 
same to my said Cosen Thomas Legh. 

the marke of the said 

Elizabeth £ O Chantrell. 
Signed, sealed &c. in the presence of 

John Bent the marke of 

George Patten Mary M W Wood. 



1 From the High Legh Deeds [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF CATHERINE LEGH, OF WARRINGTON. 149 



€t)t wan of Catfttnne ixvfi, of Siaaarnngton, 

iateti 1693.1 

2Sth March 1693. 

I Katherine Legh of Warrington co. Lane, spinster. My 

body to the earth to be decently interred in the Chapel that 

belongs to Bewsey within the Parish Church of Warrington. 

Imp*" Whereas my cousin [/>., nephew] Thomas Legh of 

Manchester is indebted to me in the sum of £42 my will 

is that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid out of 

the said sum. Item to my two nieces Dorothy and Mary 

Legh the sum of £6 to be divided equally betwixt them^ and 

to be paid out of the said sum of ;£^42. Item to my cosen 

Thomas Goulborne of Chester the sum of ;^3. Item to my 

cosen M^ Henry Leigh, of Leigh, lo^ and to his sister Nanny, 

10^. Item to M" Kinaston 10^ ; to Elizabeth Helsby 10^ ; to 

George Petten and James Barrett 5® equally betwixt them. 

Item I bequeath the sum of 30^ to be distributed amongst the 

poor such as I gave verbal directions about. Item I give to 

my cosen Adam Holland the sum of 20^ and to Samuel 

Horton 5^ and to Nathan Goulborn, 2s. 6d. Item to John 

Bent 40^ in consideration of rent, and for house trouble. 

Item whereas my cosen M" Jane Legh of Swinyard owes 

me the sum of ;^I2, I give unto her the said sum. Item to 

my Niece Legh of High Lee my broad box marked K L 

Item I give my little cabinet to my little cosen Betty Legh 

of High Legh. Item I give my locket to my little cosen 

Mary Legh of High Legh her sister. Item I give to my 

loving friend Sarah Bent my new stuff hood. All the rest of 

my wearing apparel and household goods I have given to my 

servant Mary Woods as appears by note under my hand 

bearing date the 11**^ March i692[-3] attested by John and 

Sarah Bent to that purpose, and moreover do now give to the 

said Mary Woods the sum of £2 to be paid to her within one 

month after my decease out of the sum of ^£"20 which is now 

due to me from M' Cook and the rest of Sir Gilbert Ireland's 



^ From the High Legh Deeds, East Hall [J. P. E.]. 



ISO LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Executors. Item the remainder of my little estate I bequeath 
to my cosen Thomas Legh of Manchester, whom I hereby 
constitute my sole Executor. 

[Signed] K LEIGH. 

Signed, sealed &c. in the presence of, 

William Crane Samuell Lyon Peter Aspinwall. 



€f)t WSSiill of aitce iStllmge, of eujrton^ co^ iUnt.^ 

In the name of God, Amen. I Alice Billinge of Euxton 
CO. Lane, widow, being aged and infirm in body. I will that 
my debts (if any) and funeral expences shall be paid. I 
give to my son Robert Billinge that fire grate standing in the 
Parlour Chamber. I give to Katharine his wife, Ss. I give to 
Elizabeth daughter of the said Robert and Katharine, s®. To 
Alice another daughter of the said Robert and Katharine, 5s. 
To Margery Almond my servant 20s. All the residue of my 
temporal estate I hereby direct shall be divided into two 
equal parts, one part whereof I bequeath to Alice, Ellen, and 
Margaret, daughters of William Almond of Shevington in the 
said County, yeoman, by my daughter, deceased, to be equally 
divided amongst them when 21 or married, with benefit of 
survivorship and the other part I bequeath to John, Thomas, 
and Alice, sons and daughter of Edward Cooper of Walton 
in le Dale in the said County, yeoman, equally between them 
in manner aforesaid. And of this my last will I hereby 
appoint the said William Almond and Edward Cooper, 
Executors. 

Dated 2 Dec. 1724. 



+ 



Alice I Billington 

her marke. 

Sealed &c. in the presence of, 

[Signed] W™ Oakenshaw Witt Smith J : Whitley. 

' From Agecroft collection, Poulton Deeds, No. 93 Q. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF PETER SHAW, OF LEYLAND. 151 

Wf)t Wiill of ^eter Sbftato, of i^tplanti, to* iam., 

iMustitioner, iratei 1733^^ 

In the name of God, Amen, I Peter Shaw of Leyland co. 
Lane, Musitioner. First I devise all that my moiety of a 
messuage and parcel of ground and lands of inheritance with 
the appurtenances, in Farington co. Lane, by me purchased 
from Fleetwood Legh Esq., deceased, to Robert Winstanley 
of Farington aforesaid, miller, and Roger Mawdesley of Ley- 
land aforesaid, innkeeper, to hold to them and their heirs in 
trust for the use of Hannah my loving wife during her life, 
and after her decease to sell the same, and apply the money 
thereby raised as hereinafter mentioned. And further I give 
all those my several leaseholds in Farington aforesaid, held 
by lease from Richard Crooke late of Macclesfield co. Chester, 
Esq., deceased, and also my leasehold in Leyland aforesaid 
where I now dwell, held by lease under James Cowling gent, 
and William Cowling his son, and all my estates therein, to 
the aforesaid trustees, in trust to permit my said wife to enjoy 
the same during such term in the said leases as my said wife 
shall live, and after her decease to sell the same and apply 
the money thereby raised as hereinafter mentioned. I give 
my household goods and personal estate to my said dear 
wife. And concerning the moneys to be raised by sale of my 
lands of inheritance and leaseholds, I direct the same to be 
paid equally amongst my sons and daughters William Shaw, 
Peter Shaw, Margaret now wife of John Baxtonden, Mary 
now wife of Henry Mair, and my daughters Elizabeth Shaw 
and Hannah Shaw, deducting out of my son William's part 
;^io which I have already given him, ;£'i2 out of my said 
daughter Margaret's part, and £4 out of my said daughter 
Mary's part. I hereby nominate and appoint my said loving 
wife Hannah Shaw sole executrix. 

Dated 25 April 1733. 
Witnesses — Peter Shaw 

John Ditchfield . | 

Richard Whittingham ^^^ | "^^^^• 

Wrightington Woosey. 

^ From deeds in possession of Wm. Ecroyd, Esq., of Nelson, near Burnley 
[J. P. E.]. 



152 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Cfte wmi of Sane aitrersfep, aasOroUj, of 
SbpurgtoU), iratei 1742*^ 

In the name of God, Amen, I Jane Aldersey widow and 
relict of Robert Aldersey late of Spurstow co. Chester, Esq., 
deceased. First my will is that all my debts and funeral 
expenses be paid out of my personal estate, and that my 
interment be performed in such a manner as I by my own 
handwriting shall direct. And as concerning all those my 
several messuages, cottages, lands &c. in the several town- 
ships of Middlewych and Newton near Middlewych co. 
Chester, wherein I have any estate, I devise the same with 
all the rents and profits thereof to my good friends Josepn 
Lancaster of Warrington co. Lane, attorney, and Richard 
Craven of Spurstow co. Chester, Junior, and their assigns for 
the term of 500 years, upon trust to permit and suffer my 
beloved sister M^^ Ann Hulse to enjoy the same during her 
life. Remainder to my nephew John Hulse and his heirs 
male. Remainder to Ralph Hulse son of my said sister 
Ann Hulse and his heirs male. Remainder to my nephew 
Thomas Hiilse and his heirs male. Remainder to my 
nephew William Hulse and his heirs male. Remainder to 
my nephew Robert Hulse and his heirs male. Remain- 
der to my nephew Randle Hulse and his heirs male. Re- 
mainder to my two nieces Jane and Ann Hulse equally 
and jointly, and to their heirs male. And my will is that 
if my nephew Hugh Hulse third son of my aforesaid sister 
Ann Hulse be living and return again into England, 
then after the decease of my said sister Ann Hulse and 
my said nephews John Hulse and Ralph Hulse and 
their issue male, the said trustees shall permit the said 
Hugh Hulse and his heirs male to enjoy the said premises. 
Remainder to my own right heirs for ever. I give to my 
dear sister M" Ann Hulse ;^I92. js. 6d. To my nephew 
John Hulse ;£'20. To M" Sarah Grantham sister to my late 
cousin Daniel Aldersey £4, To the younger children of M** 

^ From the Aldersey Deeds [J. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF ELLEN CROUCHLEY, OF PRESTON. I S3 

William Watts late of Newton aforesaid, one guinea. To my 
cousin Elizabeth Markham of Tarporley one guinea. To my 
niece Kynaston los. To my late cousin Kendricks four 
daughters each los. To the younger children of M' Cooper 
late of Middlewych, clerk, ;^io equally amongst them. " To 
the sister of M'^ Sarah Carrington late of Chester who 
suffered by the Stable we rented being fired 40s. To Mary 
the wife of Joshua Woods of Brombrow in Worral my two 
long Cloaks and Capphoods, my gray broadcloth Cloak, and 
£4. 8s., provided she is not paid the said sum in my lifetime. 
To my niece Mary Edwards the sum of £$, To my servant 
Samuel Stubs ;^io. I leave 4II the old family pictures which 
are or were in the great parlour at Spurstow, and mine and 
my late dear husband's picture to be kept and remain in the 
great parlour at Spurstow from generation to generation. 
All the residue of my goods &c. with the large table in the 
house in which William Badcock of Spurstow now dwells, 
after my debts, legacies, and funeral expenses are paid, I 
bequeath the same to my nephew Samuel Aldersey, clerk, 
whom I hereby constitute and appoint sole executor of this 
my last will. 

Dated 10 Aug. 1742. 

[Signed] Jane Aldersey. 

[Armorial seal.^] 

Signed, sealed &c. in the presence of, 
[Signed] Tho : Weaver 

George Owen 
John Owen. 



€f)t Wlill of eUcn Crourftlep, of ^resfton, to. 
^m., asaojoto, ifateir 1746,2 

In the name of God, Amen. I Ellen Chrouchley of 
Preston co. Lane, widow. First I give to George Crouchley 



^ An ornamental shield bearing a plain cross between four birds. 
2 From the Agecroft collection, Poulton Deeds, No. 96 Q. P. E.]. 



1 54 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

my son (after payment of my debts and funeral expences) is. 
out of my personal estate. And the residue of all my per- 
sonal estate I devise to Ellen Crouchley, my daughter. I 
hereby constitute and appoint M' John Cooper of Walton 
sole executor hereof. 
Dated i6 Aug*^ 1746. 

[The Mark of Ellen 
Crouchley.] 
Sealed &c. in the presence of, 

W*" Rider 
Arthur Shepherd 

Jo. Cal j'^ri 

Proved the 18*** Oct. 1746 by the Executor, before 
The Rev. Randal Andrews, Clerk, Surrogate of 
William Stratford, Doctor of Laws, Commissary 
in and throughout the whole Archdeaconry of 
Richmond and Diocese of Chester. 



€f)t Willi ot Ci)omasf i^ijjft, ^tttov of ^toite 
Brutrnt, to. ^i)rti)amjpton, tratttr 1749^^ 

"In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Leigh Rector of 
Stoke Bruerne in the County of Northampton, do make my 
last Will & Testament in manner following. In the first 
place I committ my Soul to the hands of Almighty God, 
and my Body to the Earth trusting & hoping in y® infinite 
Mercies of God for a Resurrection to Eternall Life thro' the 
alone Merritts & mediation of my Blessed Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. As to my Worldly Estate which it has pleased 
jGod to bestow on me, I will as follows, I Give and desire [sic 
for devise] my Estate of Land at Northwood in the Township 
of High Legh in y® Parish of Rostern in Cheshire to The® 
Leigh the Second Son of George Leigh of Oughterington 



^ From the High Legh Deeds Q. P. E.]. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS LEIGH. 155 

Esq. and to his Heirs Exrs Ad* & Ass* for ever. I Give and 
desire my Tenement in Ollerton near Knutsford in Cheshire 
to Sam^ Leigh the 4**^ Son of Geo : Leigh of Oughterington 
Esq. and to his Heirs Ad* & Ass* for ever. I Give and desire 
my Es? of Land on the side of Hill Cliffe in Appleton in 
Cheshire unto Thomas Case the Second Son of my Niece 
M" Margaret Case and to his Heirs Ad* and Ass* for ever. I 
Give to Eliz : Leigh the Eldest Daur of my Nephew Geo : 
Leigh of Ough : Esq' the Sum of 300^ and to his Eldest Son 
John Leigh y® Sum of 50^. I Give to Eliz : Case y® Eldest Daur 
of my Niece Case y® Sum of 300', to Jonathan Case Esq' her 
Eldest Son y® Sum of 50^ I Give to my Niece Clayton y® 
Sum of 100^ and to Katherine, George, Sarah, W°^, Ann and 
Hugh Hindley Leigh 50^ each viz : 300^ To my Niece 
Parker's 2 Daurs, & her Son W" I give 50^ a piece, and to 
each of y® ffive Daurs of my Nephew Houghton I Give 50^ 
I do hereby appoint and make my Niece M" Sarah Clayton 
of Liverpoole y® Sole & Lawful Exix of this my last Will and 
Testament, revoking all other Wills that have been formerly 
made by me All my Mortgages, Goods, Chatties, Credits, 
& psonal Est I Give to my said Niece Sarah Clayton at 
whose expence I wo^ have all my Funerall Expences & 
other Lawful Debts to be discharged, I order all my Manu- 
scripts of what kind soever they are to be burnt by my Exix 
upon y® ffirst Sight of 'em I Give to the Poor of the parish 
of Limm in Cheshire y® Sum of Twenty Pounds to be distri- 
buted amongst 'em by the Two Churchwardens of the said 
Parish by and with the Consent and Approbation of the 
Owner of the Estate at Ough : I Give to the Poor of Appleton 
in the Parish of Budworth in Cheshire the Sum of 5^ and the 
Poor of Ollerton near Knutsford in Cheshire the Sum of 5^ 
and each of these Charities to be distributed by the direction 
of my Nephew Leigh of Ough : I Give to my Servant Eliz*** 
Atkinson as some requitall for her Care and Industry in y® 
Managem* of my Household affairs y® Sum of 30I I w^ 
have all my Lawful Debts, Funeral Expences & Legacies to 
be discharged out of my personal Estate which his [sic] 
Chiefly in my Niece Claytons Hands. In Wi? whereof I the 
said Thomas Leigh the Testator haue hereunto as to my last 



IS6 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Will and Test Set my hand and Seal this 29*^ day of April 
in y® Year of Our Lord 1749.^ 



Tho: Leigh 




Signed, Sealed & Published by y« Tes! & for his last Will 

and Testam* in our Sight who in his Presence Subscribed our 

Names as W* thereof. 

John Webster 

Timothy Smalley." 

"Note. — There is a Third Witness to the Will of 
which this purports to be a Coppy, but the Clerk 
by mistake Omitted it. The Originall Will is in 
the hands of M^ Sarah Clayton of Liverpoole the 
Executrix. 

J.L.Ld s'^ May 1759." 



atrminisftration of tfee Cffectsf of ainna iWaria 

iUiaif), tratelr 1752^^ 

Thomas by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury 
Primate of all England and Metropolitan To our welbeloved 
in Christ George Legh Esq' the lawful husband of Anna 
Maria Legh late of the parish of Rosthern co. Chester, 
deceased, greeting. Whereas the said Anna Maria Legh 
lately died intestate having whilst living and at the time of 
her death goods &c. in divers dioceses or Jurisdictions, by 
reason whereof the administration of all the said goods &c. 
doth appertain wholly to us. We being desirous that the 
said goods &c. may be faithfully administered, Do therefore 
by these presents grant full power to you to administer the 



^ This will was never proved in any Court of Probate, only acted upon. This 
appears from subsequent proceedings and pleadings. [J. P. E.] 
2 From the High Legh Deeds, East Hall {]. P. E.]. 



X 



ADMINISTRATION OF EFFECTS OF ANNA MARIA LEGII. 157 

said goods &c. and to make a true and perfect Inventory of 
all the said goods &c. and to exhibit the same into the 
Registry of our Prerogative Court of Canterbury on or before 
the last day of December next ensuing, and also to render a 
just account thereof on or before the last day of June 1753. 
Given at London the 2^^ June 1752. 

.W°* Legurd ^ 

Pet : S* Eloy v Deputy Registers. 
Hen: Stevens J 

Extracted by me 

G : Gostling 
Proctor for the 
Administrator. 



158 



(^pptn^ijc^ 



Wbt Wim of *ir 3of)n Irtlantr, of llalt, 

batelr 141 1*^ 

In Dei Noie Amen ego Johes de Irlond miles condo 
testamentu meu in hunc modum. Inplmis lego aiam meam 
Deo fee marie virgini et omnib} sctis et corpus meu ad 
sepeliend in capella de Hale. Et volo q*^ omnib} debitis 
meis psolut' una cum expens* factis circa sepult' corpis mei 
pSdci residuu omnium bonoj et cattalloi meo& distribuat* in? 
Mar^iam uxem meam et Johannem et Ka?inam filias meas 
in auxir maritagioi suox. Et ad istud testamentu meu fen et 
fideli? exequend ordino et constituo pldict' Mar^iam uxem 
meam et Dum Thoma de Burton Capellanu meos executores. 
Et Dauid de Hulme, Thoma de Sotheworthe, cticum, et Wittm 
Kendale, Capellanu, supuisores testamenti mei pldti. In cuius 
rei testiom hiis plsentib} sigillu meu apposui. Dat* quarto- 
decimo die Maii anno regni Regf Henrici quarti post con- 
questu Anglie duodecimo. 



€f)t WLill of a^alpi) ^a£(eli)ursft, of BoVbutm, 

Iratetr 1512^ 

In dei noIe Amen the viij^** daye of May In the yere 
of o' Lord God a thowsand fyue hundrethe & xij***. Item, 
that I RaufF Hasselerst of Goburne & of the pishe of 



^ From the original in the possession of Robert Ireland-Blackburne, of Hale 
liall, Esquire. 



THE WILL OF RALPH HASELHURST, OF GOLBURNE. 1 59 

Wynwycke am sycke in Bodye & hole of mynd and me- 
morye thankef be to God therefore I doe order & make 
this my last wyll & testament in ma8 & forme folowynge 
fyrst I bequethe my sowle to allmyghty God & to all the 
companye of heaven & my Bodye to be buryed in the 
church of Wynwycke. Item I gyff & bequethe to the 
churche of Wynwycke towardf the glasynge of the glass 
wyndowes xx^. Item I gyff & bequethe to my sonne-in- 
lawe Rychard Houghton one Baye mare. Item I order & 
devyde my goodf into iij ptf one for myselfe & another for 
my wyff and a nother pt to my ij doughterf Elizabeth 
Hasselerst & ElyS Hasselerst ecolye [e^ua/fy'\ betwyxt 
theym bothe. Item it ys my wyll that Elyn Hasselerst shall 
haue the overplus of my pte of goodes that be laft ouer my 
Buryall Dettes Legacies dyscharged be sydes her owne pte. 
Item, yt is my wyll to lett yt be known to yow all that 
George Asmoll my sonne-in-lawe & Alyes Hasselerst my 
doughter haue had of M' Rauff Hasselerst father to the 
aforesayd named Alys Asselerst [sic] haue had all her chyldf 
part of goodf savynge her pt of iiij Oxen & ij horses & one 
mare & this is the last pt of her goodf that she cane haue. 
Item yt is my wyll that yf yt shall please God that my wyff 
have any chyld that yt shall [have] yt chyldf pt of goodf as 
my other doughterf haue. And yt shall haue yt pte of my 
owne goodf euen as Elen hath besydf yt owne pte. Also yt 
is my will yf God shall send me a sonne that then my 
doughterf shall not be hurt of theyr chyldf pte of goodf 
But that then my wyff & my sonne shall make my doughterf 
part of goodf as good as the where [tkej/ were] at the mak- 
ynge of this my last wyll of my wyffes cost & my sonnes to- 
gether And then yt ys my will that Elizabethe my doughter 
shall haue her part of my goodf anynest he[r] suster Elyn 
besydes her owne pte Also I order & make my true & 
Lawful executorf of this my last wyll & testament Elizabeth 
my wyff & Elizabeth my doughter they ij to see that this 
my last wyll be truely pformed & kept as the wyll answer 
me at they last day. 

The Dettf that I doe owe 
Impmis : to Robert Kyghley xx^ 



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Item: to Rychard Houghton xxx 

Item: to Wyllyam Hopworthe xix 

Item: to Wyllyam Gandye ... v® 

Item: to James Peycocke ... ... ... v" 

Dettf ovvynge to me 

I mpmis : M*^ Wyllyam Aston xl® 

Item: Nycholas Alen iijMiij** 

Item: Elsabethe Healde ij* 

I order & make Supervysor & over syer of this my last 
wyll Rychard Houghton he to see that yt be pformed & 
kept. 

Witnesses hereof 

S' Thomas Chesshryre curett of Wynwycke. Wyllyam 

Taylyor clarke. Wyllyam Heworthe John Onessworthe with 

others. 

[No probate.] 



€f)t Wim of ^ohtvt ^ttoall, of ^ovtmitih 

bateti 1519^ 

In dei noie Amen, duodecimo die Martii Anno Dfii Mittmo 
quigen"'^ xix™^ I Rofet Newall of the Northwich hoall of 
mynde and sycke in Body make my testament i thys maS as 
foloyth first I bequeth my Soule to Almighty God and to o' 
lady Sanct Mary and to all the holly Company of hevyn & 
my body to be buryed in the chapell of Witton and my best 
[sic] to a mortuarye I devise & bequeth to ElyS my wyff 
and my children by the said EllyS lawfully begoten the 
?me of my howse and off all my other ^takyngf w^^in 
the Cowty of Chest? and all my goodf and catallf mov- 
able and unmoveable & dettf what so eul they be. Also I 
orden & make EllyS my wiffe my true & lawful executor 
to pfo'^me this my laste will & to dispose for my soule as she 
shaft thinke covenyent In wittnes wherof to this my last wyll 
I have sette my seall the day & yere aboue said. These 



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THE WILL OF THOMAS COOKE, OF EASTHAM. l6l 

being Witneses to the sealinge off this testamet Robt 

Wynyngton John Wynnynton Edward Bradshaw John 
Kocker Ric Foxhots and other Dyulse. 



€t)t Wiill of Cl)omas! Cooite, of eas!tl)am^ 

iatelr 1520^ 

In dei noie Amen Anno Dm rci^^ ccccc°^° xx^^ post 
festu Assumpcois Bte marie virginis Ego Thomas Cooke 
sanus mente ^uis eger corpor Condo testamentu meu hue 
modu In primis Do et lego meam aiam Deo q cauit et 
redemit eam suo plcioso sangfie fete marie et omnib} sanctf 
et meu corpus sepelir in Cimiterio 'ecctie de Esthm Itm 
lego meu optimu aiat esse mortuariu. Itm lego ecctie de 
Stoycke quadragintos denarios et totidem denarios ecctie 
de Bacforth. Itm do et lego Dfto Rico Baguley deci 
solidos p aia mea ad celebrandu unu trentale. Itm do 
et lego Alicie mea sorori mea optima zonam et sex 
alalia tr anno^. Et Margere sorori mea alia sex alalia. 
Silit pJdta Alicia, Margerea, et Wittmus meus fra? habe- 
but portione re^ patris et matris singulari? p se undeci 
fhcas sex solidos et octo denarios et fr meus . . . hebit 
noue libras apud dies reddituros ut par endetura^ in? 
nos specificet. Itm do et lego Alicie et Margaree pi dee 
tota lana filata et non filatam. Itm lego et do Helene Ball et 
Em Ball duas vitulas unius Anni. Itfh lego et do Thome 
Fox una tunicula. Residuu oim meai rei do et lego Wittmo 
fratri siue germano meo (ex segis meis faciend(;) ordino et 
faco et constituo Wittm Qwytteff [ Whytteoff\ Johem Hanlay 
meos executores ut hoc meu testamentu et ultima voluntatem 
compleant scdfh vim et illi^ effectu Et supvisores Mrm Ricu 
Bubury Ar et Thoma Ricson. In cui^ rei testimon huic 
fJsen? testamento meo Sigillu meu apposui hiis testib}. Drio 
Henrico Clederow Dfio Rco Baguley Johe Hanlay Thoma 
Ricson Johe Bryscar Myles Coycke, Thomas ffox cu multis 
aliis. 

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l62 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

€f>t WLill Of Same atint iHoI^nturf of ^efton, 

liattt! 15^0, 

In dei noie Amen decimo octavo die mesis Octob]^ Anno 
Dm M® ccccc™® vicesimo Ego Anna Molynex nup uxor Thome 
Moleneux militf vidua compos mentf saneq} memorie atq} 
egrotus corpe condo testm meu in hue modii Inprimis do et 
lego aiam meS dei patre dipotenti et beate marie virgini cor- 
pusq3 meu sepiliend in ecctia poch de Sefton in mausolio diet! 
viri mei sumi [?] altari ibm. Deinde volo q expensa fuflalia 
meo gradui conveniencia et cdgrua pcipiat' et disponant' 
de bonis meis per manus dicti executoris mei. Residu 
vero omft bono* et catatt debitis creditorit} meis satisfactf 
et solutf executor' meo pldco ad euis sola discrescione 
et ordinacioefn disponent. Ordino facio et constitute 
pldilcu filiu meu Edwardu Molenex Rectore ecctie poch de 
Sefton hui^ testamet' mei executorem amantissimuq} filiu 
meu Wittimu Molenex milite dicti testameti mei supvisorem 
ad hoc pi sens testm meu in 6ib3 fideli? exsquedu et psupled. 
In cuius rei test' huic plsenti testamento Sigitt meu appo- 
sui, hiis testibus, Homfrido Hert Briano Morecrofte cap°^ et 
Hugone Dauid [?] et aliis. Dat die et anno pldict 



€f)t WLill of illargerp Mtam^ of iSoinUm, 

iateti i5^u 

In dei noie Amen I Margef Deyne make my will & testa- 
ment in this maS ffirst I bequeth my sowle to almyghty God 
our Lady Sanct Marie & to all Seyntf & my body to Cristen 
buryall w***in ye church of Bowudon. Also I bequeth my 
best goodf to the church for my mortuary & principall mor 
o3 I gyflF & bequeth to S' James Deayn my son all the 
residue of my goodf in qwois handf or what place thay be 
Apon this condign that the said Sir James shall well & truly 
content & pay all my dettf as he shall unswar befor* almyghty 



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1 



THE WILL OF RANDLE PICKMERE, OF MIDDLEWICH. 163 

God att the great day of Jugement Also I orden make the 
forseid Sir James my executor & supVisor of this my will & 
testament. Into wittnes wherof I the said Marger Deyft 
have put to my seatt the Xx* day off August i the yer of our 
Lord a thowsand v hundreth xx*^ and oon thes beyng Wittnes 
Sir Edward Leghe, Rauff Dene, & oy. 



€f)t mail of Dannie ^tdtmrrr, of iHtDttletotcf), 

iatelr 1525^ 

In dei noie Amen the xxvij*^ day of April! in the yef of 
our lord God a thowsand cccccxxv*** I RondiU Pykmeyr^ of 
the Mydilwiche of hoU mynd and remebraunce seyng the 
perell of deith neght make my last will in maS and form* 
foloyng That is to wete I geve & beqweth my soule to 
Almyghte God owr lady Seynt Marye and all the Seyntf in 
heyven Itm I will that my body be buryed in the church of 
Seynt Michaell of the Medylwech Itm I geve and bequeth 
my best whik [quick] goodf to the pson of the said church in 
the name of my mortuarie Itm I geve and bequeth to Agnes 
my doghter the wyf of Richard Damport of Whellthrogh a 
wiche howse lyeing in the Mydilwich neghe the Wiche Broke 
And an inset howse withe the apptenunce lying in Bredur 
home otherwise called Parme to the said Agnes and hir 
heyers geflall, and for want of suche issue to Wittm Pykmeyr 
and his heyers malez and for want of such issue to Rauff 
Pykmeyr and his heyers malez and for want of suche issue 
of theym to the heyers malez next of the said Ronduls blod. 
Itm I geve and bequeth to the said Agnes my doght' and hir 
heyers geSSall the take and tme that I have of a wiche howse 
lying at the Hyppyng stones for certen yeres which I have of 
Olyuer Bateson by entendures. Itm I will that my said 



^ There was a family of Pickmere of Hulse who were freeholders in 1578, 
but they do not appear in the 1580 Visttaiion, This will in Mr. Earwaker's 
Index (Vol. ii. Rec, Soc) appears as of Randle Pickering. 

M 2 



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l64 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

doght' Agnes and her heyers shall paye yerely duringe the 
?me of the said howse to the churchwardens of the said 
Myditt wiche toward the church werk vj" viij*^ Itfh I geve and 
beqweth to Wittm Pikmer' all the takys of fee ferme of WiSm 
Croxton and hys heyers lying in Newton to heys heyers 
malez and for want of such issue to Rauff Pykmeyr hys 
heyers malez except an Inset howse with a garden now in 
the holdynge of the said Ric Damport and Agnes his wyff 
wheche I wyll that the said Agnes shall haue for terme of 
hir liffe payinge therfor yerely to the said Wittm Pikmeyr 
iiij^ Itm I geve and beqweth to Rauff Pykmeyr the howse 
that 1 dwell in duryng my terme except the chamber benethe 
the fyr next the strete whech I will that Elyn Johnson shall 
haue for terme of her lyff. Itm I geve and beqweth to the 
said Elyft Johnson the thridd part of all my Instewe [?] of 
howsehold. Itm I geve and beqweth to Wiifm Pikmeyr all 
myn Instewe of howsholld whech is Irne ware. Itm I geve 
and bequeth to Richard Damport the younge vj silv sponys 
and the high borde covert. Itm I geve and bequeth to Agnes 
my doght' and Marget hur doght*^ the residue of all my 
goodf except my corne wheche I will Elyft Johnson shall 
have the thridd pte off all whether it be in howse or in feld. 
Itfn I geve and bequeth to eu)y doght' that Rauff Crosse 
hath unmaried vj^ viij** and to his ij sones unmaried to ather 
iij* iiij^ Itm I will thet Rauff Pykmey' haue my ij wyche 
howses whereof I have the holdyng of my Lord of the Vale 
Ryall duryngc my terme. Itfh 1 geve unto John Pykmeyr 
all my lomes [?] in myii awen smythe and xx^ of money. 

Itm I geve and bequeth to the blessed seynt Elyfi of 
Witton and her church werke xx^ Itfh I geve & bequeth 
to by a sute for the high auter of Seynt Michaell for the prest 
to syng w* xx^ Itfh I geve and beqweth to Wynnsforth 
Bridge iij* iiij^ Itfn I geve and bequeth to the Beth lawme 
iij« iiijd Itfh I will that all my landez & tackf w* all ma8 
avauntagt & pfettf and occupacons therto belonging stand 
& remayn to the use of myn executors to fulfill this my 
last will on yer next aftur my deptyng. And to thf my last 
will I haue constitute set & ordeynt Richard Damport & 
William Pykmeyr to be my true & feithfull executors with 
the oSsight off Sir John Crosby my gostely father In wittenes 



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THE WILL OF THOMAS H AWARD, OF NESTON. 1 65 

wherof to thf my testiment and last will I have set my seale 
thees being wittnesses John Crosby clerke and my gostlely 
father, Richard Blakeborne, Rauff Byrchwood Wittm Vernon 
with many others. 

[Proved at Chester 22 June, 1527.] 



€f)t Wiill of Ct)omas; fgatoarli, of fi^t^ton, 

liatelr 1525^ 

In dei noie Amen the viij*** day of Januarii in y® yer of o*^ 
Lord god MCCCCCXXV I Thomas Haward hole in mynd & 
secke in body make my last will & testament in mafi and 
forme foloyng. First I beqweth my sowle to allmyghtye 
God to his mother o' blessed lady and to all the Sanctf of 
hevyii and my body to be buryed in the Church yord of 
Neston and my best beast to be my p) ncipall or mortuarye. 
Also I beqweth halflf my gor ** -^and catallz to Gilbart Haward 
that is to say the halff of .iioney corne & catett, And also I 
beqwethe to ye said Gilbart my grettest pott my Jacke and 
sallett my plogh and my cartt. And I will that Elizabeth 
Anyon schall haue y® ou) sight & ordyng of the said Gilbart 
and y® forsaid Goodez and catell to hym beqwethid. Also I 
beqweth to ye said Elizabeth Anyon ij shettf ij cofllettf, a 
blankett & x® in money also a kow and vj busshellz of barley. 
Also I beqweth to Wittm Anyon a kow and iij schepe. Also 
I beqweth to Thorns Helcoke a kow and iij schepe. Also I 
beqweth to S' Wittm Hesken vj^ viij^ and iij bushell barly. 
Also I beqweth to Alice Anyon halff of y® residewof my 
beastez & schepe & a pott. Also I beqweth vj® viij^ toward 
ye bying of a vestment, and to amenditt att y® saying of y® 
said S' Wittm. Also I beqweth to Thorns Anyon v busshellis 
of barley. Also I giff and beqweth to Edmud Elcoke an ox 
that he hath in his handez. Also I giff and beqweth to Henry 
Waryng v®. Also I beqweth to Saint Martyn a hyve of beene 
to y® kepyng of a light befor hym. And to y^ my last will 
& testament to be truly pformyd exequutid & fulfilled in all 



l66 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

thyngez I doo constitute & make Thorns Anyon & Edmud 
Efcoke my execut<>" and S' William Hesken to be oil] seer. 
And if thei will nott be said by hym then the said S' William 
to take a mon att his pleasur. In witnes of all the plmissez 
S' Wittm Hesken plest, Ric Russell, Robert Hawke and o;^ 
moo were plsent & callid to yis my last will, yeven the day 
& yer aboue wryten. 

[Proved — February, 1525-6.] 



€t)t Wiill of mtibtll %ougt)ton, of <!^tms!ktrit. 

In the Name of God Amen the xxviii*** day off October 
the yere of owr Lord god mcccccxxvij*^ I Otuell Haghton 
orden and make my testament in this wyse In first I giff my 
sowle to Almyghty God to owr Lady and to all sentf off hevyn 
and my body to be buryed w***in the church of Ormyskyrke 
Also I gyvt my best goodf to be my pryncipall for my sawle. 
Also I wyll that Hugh my son haue all my purchest landf to 
hym & to hf Ayers for eul'. Also I wyll y* Ka?yn my wiff 
haue & reyceue yerely [for] terme off hyr lyff xi* off lawful! 
money of England of my purchest landis payd by the handez 
off my son Hugh. Also I gyve to the said Ka?yn my wyff 
thre cofurs ofi kow oh bedde which she lyeth in. Also I gyve 
to Owr Laydes werkf att Ormyskyrk ij". The resydue of my 
goodes not beqwethed I giff and beqwethe thaym to my son 
Hugh aforsaid. And also I orden & make Katerin my wiff 
and Hugh my son my trew and lawfull executors. 

In witenes whearof to this my plrsent testament I have 
putto my Seall these beyng wittenez, Sir John Devyas Vicar 
off Ormyskyrk, Sir Rog) Burschogh with oth*^ Yeven the day 
& ye? afforsaid. 

Probat' 1 ecc cott Sci Johis Cestr* 
xxviij® die Nouemb'. 



THE WILL OF CHARLES FRANCE, OF ASPULL. 1 6/ 

Cftf mm at C6omas5 mitttt, of Carpmlep, 

probed 1528^ 

In the Name of God Amen the xx*** day of December I 
ThoSis Wyttur hoole of mynd & god Remembraunce seke in 
body make my testament i this man ffyrst I bewethe my 
soule to God Almyghti to o' Lady & to all the saintf 1 
heyvyn my body to be buryed in the chauncell off the pich 
church of Torpurley. Also I bewethe for my mortuary ac- 
cording to the custome of the Cuntrie. Also I bewethe to a 
plist to pray for my Soul a yere vij markez. Also I wyll that 
oft Wyndow 1 the northe yle be glased on my pp' goodys & 
costf . Also I wyll that Elyii my wyffe have my howse w^ 
all the app'tynauncez therto belonging, and after the decesse 
of the said Elyft my wyff I will that Wittm my sone have hit 
for the terme of his liff and aftur the decesse of the s^ Wittm 
I wyll that Elyft my doghtur have hit for hyr lyffe & so to 
Jane Agnes Elizabeth and to who hit shall plese god my 
wyff ys cosey ved w*^ untyll the yere be complete and fulfilled 
according to my tacke my body buryed and all thingf ac- 
cordyng to the same pformed the Residue off all my goodf I 
do giff and beweth to Elyft my wyff & my children equally 
to be dyuyed according to the custome of the Cuntrethf.*^ And 
that this my last will be pformed & fulfilled I do orden con- 
stitute & make my true & lawful executors Wyttm Wyttur 
Doctor of Decrees & Elyn my wyff thesse being pi sent Wittm 
Burghall plist John Welde John Robynson Wittm Wetlilall 
with other mowe. 

[Proved in the Church of S. John Chester 
xxiij April, 1528.] 



Wbt Will of Cftarlcs! jTrame, of asfpull. 

In Dei No'ie Amen Afto Dfti MDXXX^ et xij<> die Maii 
Ego Carolus France de AspuU poch de Wigan Compos metf 

^ Apparently only a fragment. 



1 68 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

eger in corpora facio Testa"* meii in modo sequeii In pmis 
aiam mea comendo altissimo Deo Creatore meo et Dive 
virgini Marie totiq} Curie celesti Corpusq} meii sepeliend in 
Cimiterio Omm scorum de Wigan Itm I make my wife, John 
France my sonne, Wiifm Wodd and Wittm Aynscho, my 
faithfull Executo'^ and Thorns Gerrard of Ince Esquier Ouseer 
of this present will that hit may be fulfilled after my mynd 
to the pleasure of God & wealth of my SouU. Itm I wyll 
that my wyfe haue my house duringe her life and after her 
decesse I will that John France my sonne haue hit. Itm I 
will that John France Rofete Fronce Wittm Fronce & Ric. 
Fronce haue the Title and Right of a Tenement lyeinge in 
Westhaughton callid Gorton house accordinge to the custome 
of the towne of Haughton aforesaid. Itm I brought home 
and my will fulfilled I will that the Residue of all my goodf 
be devided amongis my wife and Children. Itm I bequeath 
to Ric Fronce my sonne iij^ iiij^. Itm to Robte Fronce my 
sonne lij^ iiij^ Itfn to S' Adam Plat xij*^. 



Wbt Wiill of C^omas; 3&nlU ot ISougbton, 

liaUft 1530^ 

In the Name of God Ame ye xviij**^ day off Septeber in 
ye yer off o' Lord God M^ccccc® & xxx** I Thomas Ball of 
Boughton seke i body & holle of mynde et remebranse 
dredynge & abydynge ye uncten tyme off deth make my 
testament & laste will 1 maS & forme as foUoweth first I will 
& bequeeth my sole to allmighty God & o' lady Sanct Mary 
& to all ye holy copany off heue & my body to be buret 
w*^in ye church off ye monasterry off Sanct Wurbur 1 Ches? 
Also I will y* Ric Ball my son have xx^ ou) & beside his pte 
off good^ to be payd at his need by ye appoynting of my 
executors & oSsers Also I will y* Witt Ball my son have ye 
heffur which was his one afortyme Also I will and beqwethe 
to Cicile Balle my doghter ye heffur whych is make [? for 
7nate] to ye said heffur beqweth to ye said Wittm to goo 
forthward w*^ her Also I giffe & beqweth to Thomas Ball my 




THE WILL OF KATHERINE BROWNE, OF CHESTER. 169 

son my Jacke Salet & bill Also I giflfe unto Johan Ball my 
sust' v^ to be payd at ye ousyht off my said executors & 
ou] sears Also I giffe and beqweth toward ye cofflynge of 
Sanct Anthonies alt w*in ye Pych Church of Sanct Oswald^ 
i Ches? iij^ iU]^ to be payd by my said executors Also I will 
& it is my full myd Will & Intent that Elyn my wiffe have 
all ye rest of my gudf & catellf moueable & unmoueable & 
^yth yQ same shall finde brynge upe & kepe my cheld w*^ 
meitf drjmkf cothis and other necessaries durynge ye tyme 
& as long she kepis hyr wido if yay so long can agre toged 
and iff she be maret or y* thay my said child & she can not 
agre toged then I will & it is my mynd that ye same my 
gudf and catellf except before beqwethed and except, shall 
be deuided in ij ptes equaly accorydyng to ye lawe ye on pt 
thereoff to my said wiffe and ye other pte ye^off to my said 
child at ye poyntyng & oulsyht off ye said Elyn my wiffe 
& ye said Ric. Ball my son whom I make & costitute my 
exectores & off Wittm Ball my brod & John Bradburne off 
Ches? who I desyre & orden to be ouj sears of ys my laste will 
& testamet well & truly to be execut & pformet accordinge 
to my tru Intent & meaning therein at thayr discretions. 
Thes beyng psent & wyttenes of y^ my last will Sir John Ball 
pst my gostly fad John Bradburne Myles Coke Wittm Ball & 
others. 



Cfte 212BiU of Hatfterine 35ri)tone, of Cfttssttr, 

trateir 1544^ 

In the Name of God Amen the xiij*^ of Ap'll Ano 1 544 I 
Catarin Browne widdowe of pfitt mynde and memorie make 
my Testament & last will as followithe. First and prin- 
cipallie I betake my soull to Almightie God o' Ladie Saint 
Marie and all the Holie Companie of Heaven and my bodie 
to be buried on Saint Maries on the Hill in Chester, Secondlie 
I will that Thorns Browne sonne of Wittm Browne decessed 
after my decesse have the Tenement or holdinge I now dwelle 
in and also one of my waines a plowhe iiij*^' oxen w*** other 
apptinncf to waine and plowghe and also Coffers beddcases 



I/O LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

tables tressels [etc together with] the felde lyeinge w*^in the 
Lordshippe of Pulford called the Oldefelde [etc] and I do 
bequeth to my S' Henrie Browne [stc] a stagge by name 
called the balde stagge & also two kyne, one of the best & 
an other of meane sort & also on yoke of oxon. Also I 
bequeath to my sonne Thorns Browne of Dunhm xx** shepe 
of the shepcote that is to witt neither of the best nor of the 
worst & them to be there kept. Also I bequethe to the s*^ 
Thorns two bullocks. Moreou whereas my sonne Ro§ is in- 
debted unto me for two oxon and v bushellis barlie I do for^ 
gyve unto hym the said frelie [etc] To my sonne-in-lawe Ric 
Halliwall two heffers stirkf to the behove of his daughters, 
also I bequeth to my sonne-in-lawe Jeffrie Gronowe and 
Cicelie his wife on Cowe of the seconde sort wch I will ahallbe 
a good on. Also I bequeath to John Gronwall sonne to the 
said Jeffrey on pied heffer & to Catherin my goddoughter 
sustor to the said John, & to the reste of the children of 
the said Jeffrey one heffer of two yere old, also I bequeth to 
Wiffm Grymsdich of Happesworth my sonne in law and Alis 
his wyfe two heffer stirkf also I bequethe to Elizabeth Browne 
doughter to Roger Browne toward a bedd a cQuJlett a paire of 
shetes a bolster a blanket and on cowe. [If foresaid Thomas 
son of] Wittm Browne decessed dye without issue [remainder 
of tenement] to the use of Thomas Browne of Dumhm and 
his children [remainder to next of kin of testator]. 

[Executors] Thos Browne of Dunham & Thos son of W°^ 
Brown afores^ & my brother Mathewe Ellis^ & my sonne Sir 
Henrie Browne ouseers. 

[Witnesses] S' Henrie Browne Mathew Ellis S' John 

^ 

Newton S' Thomas Straitbarrell & others. 



^ See the will of Matthew Ellis, of Chester, dated I547>/- I74- 



THE WILL OF THOMAS CROXTON, OF RAVEN SCROFT. 17 1 



Wt)t WilU of C()omas( Crojtton^ of i^abensttroft^ 

Uateli 1544^ 

In the name of God Amen I Thomas Croxton of Rains- 
crofte^ in the Countie of Chester beinge demanded to serve o' 
Soveraigne Lord the Kinge in his graces warres in France 
^paringe myselfe toward the same accordinge to my bounden 
dutie and knowinge ther is nothing more sure than deathe 
and the tyme therof most uncerten and revoltinge [sic] to 
mynd that I have manie small children and smale store of 
goodf and cattalle to pferre them w*** yf God call me unto his 
mcie before they be pferred. And for that cause onlie of gret 
confidence and trust I have enfeoffed my spcatt and trustie 
frendf Wi™ Vernon Wi°^ Anderton and Ric Nicholas and theire 
heires of and in all my meaSes wyche houses Landf Tenemetf 
rentf reu) cons and ?vyces w*^ their apptuiicf in Rainscrofte 
aforesaid Drakley Brotherhome, Wyche Malbanke, Midle- 
wiche, or els where w**^° the Countie of Chester aforesaid and 
that they & theyr heyres shall stand seized of all & euery the 
pmisses except twoe wyche houses of xij leadf in Midlewich 
aforesaid to the use of me the said Thomas Croxton & my 
heires if I come & retourne unto Rainscrofte aforesaid from 
the si vice of o' Soveraigne Lord the Kinge in his graces 
warres in Fraftce. 

And if I chaunce to die before I come & returne to 
Rainscrofte afor^ then the said feoffmt shall be to the use [of 
the feoffes to certain uses, as contained in a pair of Inden- 
tures & a deed of Indenture bearing date 12 Jufte, xxxvj 
Henry viii] 

I will [that the said feoffes] shall suffer Elizabeth wieff of 
me the said Thofiis to have & occupie my chiefe mease place 
w*^ all the demaine landf & Tenemetf in Rainescrofte [etc] 
dureinge the said terme of x yeres so that she do and will 



^ ^ Thomas Croxton, of Ravenscroft in the parish of Middlewich, married 
according to Ormerod, Margaret, daughter of Charles Wright, of Middlewich, so 
that the Elizabeth mentioned in the will proves that he married twice, tie is 
stated to have died on March 3, 1547. His mother was a daughter of Sir John 
Legh, of Booths, hence his appointment of his kinsman as overseer. 



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172 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

educate and bringe up all my children muHerlie begotten 
excep* Wi™ my sonne & heire apparent that is to say my 
sonnes in Learninge and Doughters in other convenient 
busines as shall appteine to their degrees [etc. Provision 
made for payment of xxvj* viij^ chief rent to the King. 
Mention is made of] all my daughters. 

Itfh I will unto Homfrey & Ric. Croxton bastard sonnes 
& to Elizabeth my bastard doughter & to eu)y of them xl® 
sterlinge [etc] 

[Moveable goods to be divided in three parts, one part to 
his wife, second part to children with certain exceptions and 
third part to payment of testator's debts etc. Provision is 
also made for a possible further son.] 

[Executors, the three feoflFes] • 

And I make the right worshipfuU John Leghe of Bothe 
Knight ouseer of this my last will. In witnes wherof to this 
my {isent will I have putto my seale the xx*^ day of June in 
the xxxvj'** yere of the reigne of o' Soveraigne Lord Henrie 
the viij*** [etc] Thes beinge present Raffe Holforde, John 
Cowper, John Holford Wittm Holford cu ceter' 

Inven : bonoru eiusdm extendit ad valore Ixv^ xiij* 

[Proved 16 May, 1547.] 



€f)t man of Softn ^otkmhulU of ^ockewftuU, 

trateU 1546^ 

In Dei Noie Amen xxx^ die Decembris Ano mcccccxlvj** 
Ego Johes Hoknehitt^ armig copos mentis ac sane memorie 
condo istud ultimu testamentu mcu in hunc modu Im^mis do 
ct lego aiam meam Deo patri oipotenti et ei^ unigenite filie et 
Corpusqjj meu ad sepiliend infra ecctiam meam parochiale de 



^ John HockenhuU, of Hockenhull and Shotwick, married Margery, daughter 
of John MinshuU, of Minshull. Ormerod*s pedigree is evidently incomplete at this 
period . 



THE WILL OF JOHN HOCKENHULL, OF HOCKENHULL. 1 73 

Tervin. Item I will & bequeth y* aff my buriall expends & 
dettf discharged of my whole goodf all ye residue ou) remenyng 
to be bestoed according to ye order of ye law betwixt M^geret 
my wife & my naturall children not in my lif pferred & holpen. 
Also I will y* my sofie & heare shall have herrelambf \_keir' 
looms] of my good^ according as I had at ye decease of my 
fatli). Also I will & bequeth y* my executors or supvisor of 
theim shall receve & take yearely issues & ^fittf of cten my 
measses & tenement^ w* all landf meadowe pastures & other 
apptufices apptenynge to ye same measses & tenement^ lying 
in Shotwick within ye Countie of Chester [etc] to wit of ye 
measse in tenure of Ric Barton p afin ij* of ye measug in 
tenure of Willia Coke p ann iiij' of ye measug in tenure of 
Alls Meyre p ann ij** of ye meassueg in tenure of Ric Otie p 
aftn xxiiij^ of ye messuage in tenure of John Carrer p aftn 
iiij* of ye messueg in tenure of Thorns Bleysse p aftn viij® 
of ye tenemet in tenure of Thorns Whit* p ann xvj^untill such 
tyme as ye o' surviuo' of them shall have taken & receued 
of ye yerely rent^ issues & pfitts to ye some of fourtie markes 
sPlyng af^' my decease to ye use & ^fermet of the marigis of 
my ij dough? M^gerie & Ann equally to be deuided betwix* 
the tow. Provided & also I will y* my sayd dought'f or oth of 
them do myscord y' bodies unhonestley & will not be ordered 
& maried by ye cousell of my executor^ that then ye or oth** 
of them so mysorderinge themselves or refusing ye cousell in 
mariage as aforesaid shall not have any pte or pcell of ye sayd 
rentf [etc] 

[After said rents are taken] Then I will & bequeth y* my 
tow youn§ sofles Pe? & Ric to receue & take & haue to y' 
pfermet of ye said measses landf tenemetf [etc]. I costitute 
& orden & noiate John Mynshull of Mynshull Esquiere 
Wittm Hokenhill of Fnten gent, Rauf Hockenhill my brod 
& Wittm Mynshull my brod in law myne executory also I 
bequeath to Pet' Blithe a baye mare & a colte to M^garet my 
wief my graye geldinge. In witnes of this my last will & 
testamet I haue cofessed & declared the pmisses in ye ^sens 
& testimony of Thorns Mynshull John Hokenhill^ Thorns 
Helyn & oth also I bequeath to Wittm Hockehyll & Rog^ 
Hokenhill eth of them a heffer of ij yeres old also to Sir Huge 
Parre to pre for me ij" 



174 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Inventoru omniu bonoru eiusd extendit ad valore xlv" 
vij* llj*. 

Sum Deb. v^ vij" ij*^ 



Wi)t Wlill Df iSlatt^elD eiltst, of €f)tsttr, 

Irattli I547* 

In dei Noie Amen the v*** day off February in the xxxviij 
yeare^ of the raygne off o' Soueraigne lord Henry the eyght 
[etc]. I Mathew Elys hoUe off. mynde neuerthelesse sicke 
in Bodye make [etc]. Fyrst I bequeth my sole to god [etc] 
& my bodye to be buryed in Seynt Maries church w*in the 
He wheare I walke. Also I geave & bequeth unto the meyn- 
teninge off Seynt Maryes ?uice and Seynt Katerines ?uice 
one steere worthe xx* or els xx* off mony equallye to be 
deuyded betweene theym. 

Itm I bequeth to my eldest dawghter Alice to the pfer- 
ment off her marriage xxiij" in full contentation off her 
chyldes parte or porcyon v^^ some of xxiij^ Christian Hope 
hathe receaved ffor a Mariage to be had betwixt my seyd 
dawghter and Peter her sofie accordinge to the couenantf as 
be comprysed in a peyre off Indentures made betwixt me & 
the said Xpian at the ordre and oversyght of my executors. 
And yff ytt chaunce my seyd dawghter Alice to dye afore 
the sayd mariage then I will & bequethe the xxiij** to my 
dawghter Elysabeth to the pferment off her mariage w**' the 
sayd Peter in full contentation off her chyldes portion. And 
yff the sayd Alicia chaunce to marye the sayd Peter then I 
bequeth to the sayd Elizabeth xx*** markes in full cotentation 
off her chyldes portion. And yff ytt chaunce the sayd Alice 



^ In Mr. Earwaker's Index this will is dated 1539, but in the original in the 
Bishop's Enrolment Book the will is clearly dated as here given. It is evident 
that 1539 must be incorrect, as Matthew Ellis witnessed Katherine Browne's will 
in 1544 {vicfe p. 170). The curious thing is that Henry the Eighth died on the 
28th January, 1547, and one would think that the news of the event must have 
reached Chester in less than eight days, even allowing for possible snowstorms at 
this period of the year. 



THE WILL OF MATTHEW ELLIS, OF CHESTER. 1/5 

to dye and the seyd Elizabeth to be maryed to the sayd Peter 
then I geave & bequeath the sayd xx*^® markes to be deuyded 
betwixt my wyff and the residew off my chyldren. 

[Residue of property], goodes lande howses and ftirmes 
[to wife "Marie" & other children for the space of 14 years 
& thereafter to] my sone Mathew. Itm I wyll that all soche 
closes as my syster Elizabeth hathe in her holdinge she to 
occupie and enioye theym so longe as she liueth and after her 
deceasse the sayd closes to goe to the use & pfett of my sone 
Mathew [etc., remainder to other children by his wife "Marie "]. 
Itm 1 bequeth to Syr Edmond Burton iij^ iiij**. Itih to Syr 
Rychard Stancliffe ij^ Itm to Syr Henrye Browne^ one 
rynge off Syluer gylte. Itm to euerye Preeste off Seynt 
Maryes xij^. Itm I bequethe to my s)vant John Walker one 
Styrke w*^ greene homes. Itfn to Raffe Pickerell one red 
jackett. 

[Executors] Marye my wyffe & Robt Byrkenet my 
brother in law, these beinge witnes Jhon Robyson, Wittm 
Barber, Roger Browne, John Jen [Jevan], weuer, Edmond 
Burton curate w*^ others. 

Debita que debentur testatori. 

Im^mis John Haliwall off Pulford 
Itfn my ladye Button 

Itm Wittm Hylton 

Itfii M' Rauffe Dutton 

Itm John Teylior 

Itm M' Rauffe Dutton 

Itm lent to Hughe Preste uppon a pledge off 

a gyrdle 
Itm Ric Byran 
Itfii S' John Abravaghan 

& to his Sonne Ric 
Itm Ric Hewer 



^ See the will of Katherine Browne, of Chester, dated 1544, on/. 169; 



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176 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



In dei Noie Amen I Robart Byrkhed of good & pfite 
memorie make my laste wyll & testament in forme follow- 
inge First I bequethe my soulle to Almightie God the Father, 
the Sonne & the Holi Goost & my bodie to be buried where 
hitt shall please his deuyne maiesti. Also I wyll that myn 
executory shall content & paye unto the ryght honorable 
Edward Erie of Darbie In recopence of suche money as I 
haue had of his & for that he hath ben good Lord unto me as 
my speciall trust & desyre ys to haue hym to be good Lord 
unto my wyf & children Ixvj" xiij** iiij**. Also I doe oghe 
unto one Ric. Lowe ^uant unto the sayd Erie xl* w^ he lent 
me. Also unto Cristofer Gawen late Baylyff of Holland for 
a nagge xxvj* viij^. Also to Thorns Botill of Lathom ?uant 
to the sayd Erie iij". x^lso unto Robart Wyllyamson of 
the Lordship of Knoysley ?uant to the sayd Erie for a cowe. 
Also unto S' Hugh Huxley xxvj" viij^ whereof he hayth had 
v^ viij**. Also I gyffe grant & assigne unto my wyff the 
howse wherein I doe nowe dwell according to ow' purches 
w^*^ is iontly to hyr & me, and after hyr decease to the 
heyres of ow' two bodies begoten & for defaute of suche 
issue to the right heyres of [me] the sayd Robart for eu) . 
Also I do orden & make my sayd wyff my sonnes Rauff & 
Edward my executors. Also to them I do gyff all my goodes 
& cattallf over & besydes the pmisses & my funerall ex- 
pensis. Alsoe whereas my brother-in-lawe Hugh Arrow- 
smythe deuysed by hys last wyll alle his landf & tentf iti 
Manchester to me & my wiff & to the heyres of ow' twoe 
bodies begoten I wyll that the sayd Landf & tefttf for default 
of such issue shall remaine unto Katheren Dale wyff of 
Robart Dale of Manchester [to her right heirs written 8 
February 1549 (4 Edw: vj)]. 

By me Robart Byrkhed. 

[No date of probate.] 



^ Probably of the parish of Prescott. This will appears in the Index (Vol. ii. 
J^ec. Soc.) as of Robert Birkenhead, but there is nofmng to show that this is the 
name in the will itself. 



THE WILL OF JOHN WHITMORE, OF THURSTASTON. 1 77 

Cfte mm of Sloftn mbitmott, uf Cftuisftasttoiu 

Hatetr 1553* 

In the Name of God Amen ye Fath ye Sone & ye 
Holie Goste one God eternall Amen. I Jlion Whitmore [of] 
Thurstonton in ye countie of Ches? Esquire being this 
xviij**" daye of September in ye yere of o' Lord God A 
thousand fiue hundreth fiftie & three of gud & pfect memory 
albeit yet something weake & sicke in bodie callyng to 
remebrance how 2ten I am to die [etc] do make & orden my 
testam^ conteyning my last will in maS & forme following 
that is to saye ffifste Comendinge my soule unto ye handf of 
Almighty [God] my Savi^' & Jesus Christ trusting by yc 
nneritte & blude sheding to enherit his kyngdom I will y* my 
bodie shalbe buryed in ye chausell of West Kirbye nere unto 
ye tomes or graues of my Auiiceters there with such funurales 
obsequies as may be done unto Goddes glory w**^out pompe or 
otii folishe solomnities: 

Also I will y* in ye morning of ye daye of my buriall afore 

my corpes be carried unto ye Church my executors distribute 

unto, ye pore folkes thyder comyng xxvj^ viij*^ in peny dole 

y^c^ [1] do leue in olde pence for y* ppas that eulyone of ye 

pore folkes haue a peny & for ye rest of ye otll thinges to 

be done at or about my saide funerales I do reserue ye same 

to. be done by ye discretion of my execut'f also where I haue 

geuen & assured all those my seflall leases & Interest of & 

in ye tythe corne of Rabie & of & in a farme at Irbye \\^^ 

Henry Tottie now occupieth to my cosine Wittm Hocknell of 

Prenton & his assignes for eS to ye use & behoufe of me for 

terme of lif & af]? my decease to ye use of John Whitmore 

my cosin & heir apparante during his natural life. I will y* 

my cosins haue hold & Injoye ye occupacion of ye seulall 

farnies accordingly. 

Also I will & bequethe all my Interest & terme of yeres 
yet to com of & in a close in Yrbie called ye Grayte Hay 
w®^ I haue of Wittm Lee for ix yeres yet to com unto my cosin 
Wittm Benyt & his assigns for eu]. Also I do remyte unto 
S' John Anian x*^ pcell of -xx^^ w*^** he doth oughe unto me & 
ye oth x^ residue I will & bequeth unto his broth & my 

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178 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

cosin- Ric Anian also I will y* my execut'f w*"° convenient & 
reasonable tyme af? my decease cotente & paye unto my 
SIS? Katheren Bostocke vj^ xiij* liij^ also where[as] Rondull 
Stanley Esquier is Indebted unto me in ye some of a cxix^* 
by specialities ' & othwise I do geue & bequethe fortie 
poundf pcell y'of unto my wif & I will deuise & bequethe 
lix" one oth pcell of ye said some of cxix" & also viij" 
oweinge unto me by Wittm Moston sone & heire of Thorns 
Moston Esquire to my said cosin & heire John Whitmore 
to be deliffled unto him at his age of xxj yeres & if he do 
depte afore y* age I will y* William Whitmore shall haue ye 
seulall somes of lix^ & viij*^ at his age of xxi yeres & if he do 
depte afore y* age then I will ye same be distributed among 
my kinne by my executo". Also I will y* my executors apon 
my goodf sue & obtaine ye same seujall somes & deliuJ ye 
same accordinge to my full mynd & will & y* ye\y] release no 
pte y'of. Also I geue & bequeth unto ye said Witt Whitmore 
xx" one oth pcall of ye said some of cxix^* also I do remyte 
& forgeue unto Wittm Anyan x^ of y* he dothe owghe unto 
me & unto John Warton vj" of his dette & unto Henry Stan- 
ton xxij* of his dette & unto John Braband half of ye debte 
he oughith me & unto Rog^ Pigote half of his dette unto me 
& unto Ric. Androes all his dette & unto Thorns Brid x* of 
his dette & unto Wittm Curtesse thelS all his dette & unto 
Wittm Whitmore all his dette sauinge MydsoiS Rente laste 
due also I geue & bequeth unto Ric Anyan iij^* w^** Henry 
Stanton doth owe unto me to be payd me in three years afl? 
XX* ye yere. Also I do remyte & foregiue unto John Androwe 
xi* of ye dette w^** his owinge unto me & unto Henry 
Framewe [Framwell] xiij* iiij** of y* he owgheth unto me & 
unto John Diall vj" viij** of his dette Also I geue to Wittm 
Gregorie all his dette towards ye marriage of his daugh? 
Also I giue to Richard Moneley of his dette iij* iiij* also 
I remyte & forgiue to Wittm Gobbyn all his dette & to 
Hamlet Rummer all his dette excepte his last rent due at 
Mydsom] last also I geue to my cosin Henry Whitmore 
one cowe & to Henry Stephen my ?vant one cowe & to 
Blessen Wilbram a calf & to Dauy Edward a yerying calf 
& to Blesse Andrew a calf also I geue to Nicholas Moneley 
of his dette ij« also I geue to ye church of West Kirby xx« 






THE WILL OF RALPH HOCKENHULL, OF SHOTWICK. 1 79 

also I will ye churchewardens of Thurstanton haue ye occu- 
pacion of my chalice of silu) pcell gilte & a sute of vest- 
mentf & all ye same to remain othwise in ye order of my 
heres also I will y* my said cosin & heire John Whitmore 
& his broth William haue well & truly delified all such 
goodf & cattallf & oth things as were y' fathers Thorn 
Whitmore & I will & bequeth to my cosin John Whitmore 
ye best bedde & [other household goods etc] within my house 
at Thurstanton wherein now I do dwell & [all husbandry 
gear plate etc]. Also I do geue to Wittm Whitmore my silul 
pece & unto S' John Annyan v sponnes w^^ I had in gage of 
his moth. To my said wif vj silu) spones [etc] To my brother- 
in-law Rauffe Bostocke [etc] & to Wittm Annyon of Geldyn 
Sutton a cowe & I will y* all ye rest & residue of my house- 
hold stuffe corne [etc not yet bequethed] funerales pformed 
& dettf payd [go] to my said wif & cosins John Whitmore 
& his broth Wittm & betwixte them equally deuyded [etc] 

[Executors] Ric Wilbrome Rauf Worseley Esquiers Wittm 
Hocknell of Prenton Rof Hurlton Wittm Benyt & Sir John 
Anyan & S' Thomas Sharpe Clarke John Whitmore^ 

His testibus e plsentibus Ric Annian Rauf Bostocke & 
Henry Stevin, John Whitmore, Ric Harpur et multis aliis. 



€f)t mim of ilalpK) i|i)tfeen<)uU, of momi^, 

liattU i556^ 

In the Name of God Amen. I Rauffe Hockenell holle in 
mynd & Sycke in Bodye make my laste wyll & testament 
in manner & forme followinge fyrste I bequethe my soule to 
AUmightye God my maker redemer & Sauyor that ys to saye 
my bodye to be buried in the paryshe Churche of Showycke 
& the charges thereof to arise & be taken of my holle goodes 
& my debtes to be paid of the same & after that I will & 



These names all follow one another as above, but it is doubtful whether they 
are meant to be all executors ; the probability is that only the first two acted in 
this capacity, the others being overseers. 



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l8o LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

bequethe that my wyf shall have of my goodes iij co3lettf 
ij payre of shetf ij fetWheddes one mattris iiij potengers of 
pewter & iiij chargers ij kynes one brasse potte one pafi her 
werynge clothes & one corrall pay res of beydes in recotn- 
pence of hyr parte of such goodes & cattells as by th'order of 
the lawe after & by my deathe she shuld have & receyue of 
the same goodes & cattelles. And I wyll further that my 
Eldest daughter after her manage shall have the same Corrall 
beydes and if she die I wyll & bequethe the same to suche of 
my daughters as shall be nexte in age to my sayd eldest 
daughter at the tyme of her dethe. Item I bequethe to my 
said wyf twentye poundes of moneye. Item I wyll that the 
residewe of my goodes [etc] be deuided at the discretion of 
my Executors amongst my children & that my executors shall 
take all my children frome my sayd wyfe & bestowe them 
as the[y] shall thinke good for ther pferment. Moreover J 
wyll gyve & assigne to Peter Hocknell of Hockenell & to 
Wi9m Hockenell of Prenton my holle interest & terme of 
yeres to come w** I have of and in the ferme of Sutton with 
my conat sealle conceminge the same & the profittes of the 
same to bestowe upon my children and [? for as] the same 
shall yerely fall & aryse accordinge to ther discretion. Item 
I bequethe to Master Wyllyam Massye a bassen & a ewer, & 
to Peter Hocknell my best gone, and to John Batmon my 
weringe russett gone, & to my cosyn Wyllyam Hocknell of 
Prenton my beast dawblett or gyrken & to his wyfe a rynge 
of golde, and I wyll that all the Resedewe of my Apparell to 
be bestowed by my executors for my solle[s] helthe. Item 
I wyll that my Executors shall give my mother a kyrtell. 
Item I gyve & bequethe to the parishe Churche of Shot- 
wyke so much of my goodes as shall be a vestment w*^ pares. 
Item I wyll & bequethe to Sir Thomas Hande clarke iij® 
iiij^ 

[Executors] Peter Hockenell of Hockenell & Wyllia 
Hockenell of Prenton & Wyllyam Massie of Puddington 
Esquire overseer [etc] 

[Witnesses] Thomas Hande clarke, Thomas Heylen 
Richard Otey Thomas Taylor Edmund Whythedde Robart 
Warton Henry Harker Rychard Bradlay & others. Wrytten 



THE WILL OF ROGER MASON, VIGAR OF HUYTON. l8l 

the xvj*** daye of Januarie in the yeare of O' Lorde God 
MDlvj [etc] 

[No probate ; an Inventory without a total.] 



Cfte Wlill of S^ogtr i^fjiasfon, WiturM ^vtptm, 

iiatei 1557* 

In the Name of God Amen the xij**^ daie of Maye in ye 
yere of our Lorde Gode MCCCCClvij [etc] I Rog^ Mason 
clarke now Vicar of Huyton in ye countie of Lancastrie being 
of gud & pfect remebraunce [etc] do orden make & costitute 
this my last will & testament in ma8 & forme followinge 
y* is to say first^ I coinite my soule unto Almightie God my 
maJc! & redem by whose passion I trust to be a saued soule 
& ptalcl of his evlastinge & glorious kingdom & my bodi« to 
be buried w*in ye pishe churche of Huyton. Item I geue & 
bequcth unto John Mason of ye Citie of Chest coruesor[?] xl** 
angels in gold togetlil w* such somes of money and gudf of 
myne as ye same John hath at this tyme in his hands. Itm I 
geue & bequeth unto George Mason broth J unto the said 
John Mason xl^ angeles in golcl'. Itin I geue & beqiaethe 
unto Katerin now wife unto Thorns Linsley of Couentrie & 
sis? unto ye said John ten poundf. Itm I geue & bequeth 
unto M^geret Mason sis? unto ye said Katherin xl poundf to 
& for ye pferment of ye honest & couenient mariage of ye 
same M'get if she wilbe maried at ye sight & advise of myn 
execut'f . Item I geue & bequeth unto Thorns Masson th'eld 
& brotn) unto ye said John vj^ xiij^ liij^. Item I geue & 
bequeth unto Thorns Mason yong^ & also brotlil unto ye said 
John ten^ if he be in plaine lif at ye tyme of my decease ^ Itin 
I geue & bequeth unto Wittm Mason brotHl unto ye said 
John xx^. Item I geue & bequeth unto Edward Finney 
Thorns Finney George Finney & James Fynney childre unto 
ElyS Fynney now wif of John Finney of Whitstop xiij" 
vj8 viij^ to be used & imployed to y' use at ye sight & 
appointmet of my execut'f to go fortheward w* them. Im 
I geue & bequeth unto M^gery Gille now my sluint ten 



1 82 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

poundf & also ye bed y* she usith to He in & ten" in 
money to bie a case to ye same togetli) w* a cowe a brasse 
potte & a panne. Itm I geue unto Robart Fynney x^ to goe 
fortheward w* him. Itin I geue toward ye helpinge of xx^ 
pore maidf w*in ye pishe [of] Huyton to coueniente mariage 
xiij^ vj* viij^ to be paid & bestowed by myne executor at his 
discrecion wHn one yere nexte af? my decease. Itm I be- 
queth to ye helping & furtfilance of ye most poore & olde 
w*in ye towne & lordshippe of Huyton, Robie & Wolfall xl^ 
to be deliuled & bestowed by my executor at his discrecion 
wHn one weeke next af? my decease unto such as shalbe 
thoughte most ned ylof 

[Similar bequests to the poor of Prescott, Ormskirk & to 
*^urscough X*' Walton x" Wartrie [Wavertree] x" Liverpool xP, 
& Farnworth xx^] 

[Further bequests to] M'garet Chesshire my sis?s daugh? 
& to Alis Chesshire my sis?s daugh?, [etc, to] Jane Parrie 
now my s)unt [to] Kathrin Rathbon now my sliint, [to} 
Ric Rathbon now my Sunt, [to] Elin Finnye a cowe Itm 
I bequeth unto ye mendinge of ye wayc from Huyton 
unto Prescott xx*. Itm I bequethe to ye medinge of 
Dichfielde lane xiij^ iiij^. Itm to M'garet Rathbon & Elen 
Rathbon sis?f unto ye said Katrin Rathbon to eit61 of 
them x^ Itm I geue & bequeth unto S^ Hugh Huxley 
my late M^ a riall of gold. Itm I geue & bequethe unto S"" 
Wittm Asmole an old angell noble togetnl w* my win? gowne. 
Itm I geue & bequethe unto M'gret Walker, Elen Walker 
M^ gerie Wallcl & Anne Walker doughf'f of Ric Walker of 
[Blank.] ujito eu]y of them x^ a pece [etc] Itm I geue & bequeth 
unto Elen Ireland x^ Itm I will y* my executor upon the 
daye of my buriall 3hall bestowe at his discrecion among ye 
pore people y* thither shall resort peny dole. Itm I bequeth 
unto euly godchild that I have xij^. Itm I will & do also 
. geue & bequeth to my execu? to bestow among otli] my 
frendf beying of ye porest sort yt stond to me at or w*in ye 
thrid degrie y* I haue bequethed nothing unto ye pformance 
& accomplishemente of my legacies & bequestf Ktened in 
this my last will & testament & upon charitable deedes at his 
discrecion all & euly my goodf & catteles [etc] y* shall 
remene oul & besidf my giftf & bequestf [etc]. Itm I 






THE WILL OF ADAM BANK, OF WIGAN. 1 83 

bequethe unto S' John Rathbon my best gowne togetnj with 
my cloke. Itm I geue & bequethe unto S' Edward Lowe a 
gowne. Itm I geue & bequethe unto S' Gilbart Shrilacies 
my short gowne in recopence of his wagis. Itm I geue & 
bequeth unto Agnes Gille ij yardes of flaxen cloth. Itm I 
wyll that my execu? shall bie & deliu) unto efiye child of 
John Finneye now dwelling w* him a whit cote. Itm I will 
y^ my execu? shall bestow among ye children of ye said John 
Finney & ye children of Thorns Kelfet my [i] pece of can vis 
to make y™ shirtf w*all [etc] 

[Executor] S' John Rathbon 

[Overseer] S' Edward Lowe. 

[Witnesses] S' Edward Lowe S' George Wyllyamson S' 
John Dorbie S' Gilbart Shrilacies priestes, John Boner & 
John Pcivall yomen with others. 



Cfte 8128111 Df abam Banlt, of aaaigan, iatelr i557t 

In the Name ofGod Amen [19 July 1557] I Adam Banke 
of Wigan in the Countie of Lane, braser being visited w*^ sick- 
nes [etc] I bequethe my sowle to Almightie God to have the 
fraicon [fruition] of his prescence w^ the Sainctf & Angellis 
of heaven, my bodie I bequethe to Christian buriall at my 
parishe Churche [etc] [Goods to be divided into 3 parts, one 
part reserved for himself to pay debts funeral expenses etc, 
one part to his wife Grace Banke] and the thrid pte to my 
two sonnes Humfrey & Thomas. Also I geve to my sonne 
Humfrey Banke all my pewter moedf [moulds] v/^ this Con- 
dign and provision that he the said Humfrey shall pmitt & 
suffer my sonnes Wittm Banke & Thorns Banke to cast in 
them at ther pleasure & liBltie at all tymes [etc]. Also hit is 
my wyll [etc] that the said Humfrey shall forsee that the 
said Thorns be set to learning in his childhoodd to the schole 
& then to his occupacon of the Pewterers Crafte wherbie he 
may be able to get his lyvinge w*^all. Also hit is my will 
that Wiftm my sonne shall have xx" of my whole goodf the 



J 



1 84 . LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

w°** I promysed to hym at the tyme of his marriage. Also I 
geue to Humfrey my sonne all my leases & tackf that I now 
have at this ^nt tyme the house that Jqhn Banke dwellithe in, 
onlie excepted [etc] To Wittm Ricrofte iij^ vj* viij^. To 
Wittm Banke the sonne of Thomas Banke xx^ To John 
Mather xx* when he come to the age of xxj yeres. To 
Adam Ricrofte xx* when he come to the age of xxj yeres. 
To Elizabeth Ricrofte xiij" iiij^. To Grace Ricrofte vj^ viij**. 
To Roger Ricrofte vj* viij^. To Cicelie Ricrofte my Redd 
heffer. Also I geue toward^ the mendinge of the lane be- 
twene the Stonne crosse and ye Laudmaryhead grene xx.\ 
To Adam Forstar iij* iiij^ To Raffe Forstar iij^ iiij^ 

[Exors] Wife Grace Banke & sons William, Huitifrey & 
Thomas Banke 

[Overseer] Sethe Forstar 

[Witnesses] S' Wittm Astley & S' Raffe Scotte, prestis. 

[Proved 14 January 1557.] 



Cbe Wim of m^ntn ilalsiaU, of mUfiataih 

trateti i557* 

In the Name of God Amen the xiiij*^ day of Novebre in 
the yeare off owre Lord God a thowsand ffyve hundretht 
ffyfftye & seven I Richard Halsall off Quyston [ IVAtsfon] in 
the ^ishe off Prescott Sycke in bodie [etc] do make my last 
will [etc] First I bequethe my sowle unto Almightye God & to 
owre Ladye Seynt Maryc and to all the Holye Companye 
off Heave & my bodie to be buried in the Church off All 
Sayntf in Prescott. Also I bequethe unto everye of my 
brother^ chyldere iiij*^ & to there wyves every one iiij^ and to 
Margaret Hunter iiij**. Also I bequeth unto Henry Halsall 
my sonne all my tacke off the Delffe off Coles wiche I have 
taken off Thorns Nelson [etc] my wyffe having Coles free 
so longe as she lyvetht [etc] also [sundry garments] & a 
kappe w* an egleffoote. Also I bequeth unto Ric Hals'al my 



THE WILL OF RICHARD HALSALL, OF WHISTON. 1 85 



sol 



3:: 



T; 



ref. 



%^ 



:x". 



sone piy brothered slyveles Jacket & my howse in Leidyate. 
[Bread dole at Funeral.] Also I bequethe unto the mending 
off the lane betwixt my house & the Twisse Greene x^ [Goods 
to be devided into 3 parts, one part to self one to wife & third 
to children, & overplus of his own part to go] unto Elyn my 
dawghter yff she be ordered & cowseled by my sone Henrye 
[etc Present dwelling house to son Henry] 

[Executors] Elsabetht my wyffe & Henry Halsal my 
sofie. 

[Overseers] S' Edward Garnett, Lawrence Potter & Robt 
Webstar. 

[Witnesses] Boldweyne Justas Edward Holland, Thorns 
Garnet & others. 



Dettes owing unto me as appearetht. 



Robert Webster off Eccleston 


...1! 

vuj" 


XUJ* 


ij** 


Edward Esthed 




• • • a 

vnj^ 


VJlj" 


Evan Blonchard 




vnj* 




Uxor Edwardi Esthed 






xvij'' 


Lawrence Potter ... 


iiij" 




ij«» 


Wittm Sutton of Wiston ... 




VllJ® 




Rofet Webstar of Prescott 


iij" 


Vlj8 


...J 


Whereof xx^ to be geaven 








ageyne & ye residew to be 








payd wHn vj yeares. 








Edwarde HoUad off Prescott 




xj* 




Eva Clefft ... 




XX* 




Hughe Halsall 






xvij^ 


Thorns Garnett off Quyston 




XX® 




Uxor Sedde Webstar 






xijd 


Henrye Heytn 




VjS 


Vllj" 


Hughe Halsall of Knowley 






Vjd 


Boldweyne J us tes 




XX* 




James Guldiker & his wiffe 




• • 'a 

VUJ* 




Henrye Browne 




vij* 


vj'i 


Jhon B urges of Pihton 




vj* 


vnj'^ 


James Garstange 




XUJ* 


• • • • rl 

lllj" 


Henry Coney off Ditton ... 




xj* 


iiiji 


Uxor Hughe Kydde 




•••a 

"J 


iij* 



1 86 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Bad uxor flfor Edmond Hulme . . . 


ix^ 


Henry Gowburne for heye 


nj' iij" 


Jhon Yate ... 


ix* 


Ric Letherbarewe ... 


ix<» 


Wyttm Gowburne 


ix<» 


Jhon Medoall 


.... * • *A 

ny nj^ 


Roger Levesey 


xvij" j** 


Wyftm Gowburne & hys wifT 


XXVJ® V11J° 


George Coyntree 


iijs v^ 


Ric Rawlynson & his wyff 


xix^ 


Wyttm Leitherbape 


•••a 


James Cropper & the wyfle of Ric 




Atherton 


XIX* inj*^ 


Jhon Shurlakers & the wyff of 




Peeres Letherlad • 


v» 


Uxor Hughe Kydde & Edmond 




Holme... 


ij* iiij** ob. 


James Tatlocke 


. . . ._ 

XUlj" 


Rawfe Levesley 


.... ,1 
xnij^ 


Thoins Lediate 


. ... J 
xnij** 


Jhon Yate ... 


xij** 


Henrye BarLu ... 


iijs vjd 


Roger Brygge 


[. . . .] 


Jhon Halsall of Lathu 


••a 


James Cropper of Lathu and his 




AVinc ... ••* ... ... 




George Ley of Heyton 


xiij^ 


Jhon Halsall 




Jhon Justes 


xjx*^ 


William Flappeforthe 


vij* 


Thorns Mprecroffte 


xv^ 



Dettf w*^ I owe here after 

Imprimis to Jhon Lawton ... vj" 

Itm to Lawrence Potter [ . . . . ] 

[No probate ; an Inventory without total.] 



WILL OF JAMES BENET, OF THORNTON-LE-MOORS. 1 87 

€f)t Jmm of ^tsaaiiam iSratrfi;{)atD, ot a^puU, 

iiateii 1558^ 

In the Name off God Amen. [12 August 1558] I Wyllia 
Bradshaw off AspuU in the Countye of Lane, gen? being sicke 
[etc] I bequethe my Sowle to God Almightye to haue the 
fruition off his presens w* the Seintf & Angells off heaven, 
my bodye I bequethe to Christian Buriall at my Parishe 
Churche, and [of] my goodes [etc] I wyll that my softe Hum- 
ffrey shall haue all that the law wyll pmitt & suffer me to 
geave to him & I do constitute ordeyne & make the seyd 
Humffrey my sole executor to execute this my last wyll these 
being witnesses 

Thomas Bilfrog 

Gylbert Scott 

Robert Newall 

& Andrew Lathwatt w* others 

[Proved 12 Sept. 1558.] 



€f)t Wiill ot iamesf ISenct, of Cl)ornton4e' 

iMoorg, iiateii i559* 

In the Name of God Amen the xxx*** day of Februarye in 
ye yeare of o' Lorde God MDLix I James Benet^ of Thornton 
Mores beinge sicke in bodye & whoole in mynde make my 
testament & Last Will in maS & forme followinge. First I 
bequeathe my soule to Almightie God o' Ladie S* Mary & 
all ye Holie cumpanie of Heven, my bodie to be buried in ye 
pishe Churche of Thornton Mores nygh to ye S* Marie 
Aulter. Also I geue to Xpofer Nowuett one incalf heaffer. 
Also I geve to euly one of my godchildren iij^ iiij*^. Also I 
geue to ye poore folkf of this pishe foure busshellf of wheat 



^ For a full account of this family see Vol. iii, of the Proceedings of the His- 
toric Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, in a paper entitled " The Ancient Family 
of Bennet of Saughall-Massey, etc." by E. M. Hance, Esq. 



1 88 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

to be delt by hoopes. Also I geue to ye mendinge of Frad- 
some Bridge & to Trafford Bridge & to eyther of them vj* 
viij**. Also I geue to my ?unt Thofiis Xpofer one two yere 
olde heaffer. Also I geue to Joan Ellum another ij yere old 
heaffer. Also I will y* my cubbord standinge & my dish- 
bord standinge my counter borde, my Iron grate my fowre 
beddes w^ their furniture a tie a dozen of sylue' spones all my 
plowes waynes, & all thingf thereto belonginge to be hayre- 
lomes. [Rest of goods] to my sofle George & his childerne. 
My purchased lande & morgaged lande I geue to my softe 
George & his two softes 

[Executors] sonne George, my brother Roger the Vicar of 
S** Warburres in Chester & my cosyn Christopher Bennet. 

[Witnesses] S' Roger Bennet Vicar, Chrystopher Bennet 
Chrystopher Nowell, Thomas Christopher. 



€f)t Wiill of 3of)n (Britt, ot iSromftrouffi), 

tratetr 1560, 

In dei Noie Amen [7 March 1560] I John Gryce sycke 
[etc] my bodie to be buried in the churche of Brombro. Im- 
primis I giue to Margaret Cottingham my bedde [etc] & I 
leaue my house with the groundes thereto belonginge to 
Margaret Cottingham the one halfe & William my sonne, his 
brother, & sisters, the other halfe as much as in me doth re- 
mayne. [Cattle] to be devyded into six ptf to Margaret Cot- 
tingham & my fyue children equallie to be devyded. To my 
sonne George three calves. To my sonne William my wayne 
[etc] [mentions] my three daughters. I giue to Wittm Hey 
of euiie grayne a busshell [etc]. Itm I geue the rest of my 
goodes moueable & immoueable my legacies fulfilled & my 
dettf payd & I honestlie brought home of the whole to my 
children. Itm I the said John Gryce do declare in this my 
laste will that I neul made M' Fletcher non assignment butt 
one wch I made hym out of my covent scale onlie for the be- 
hoof & pferment of my children. 



THE WILL OF RALPH BOSTOCK, OF CHESTER. 1 89 

[Executors] S' Rowland Stanley knight & William 
Gryce my sonne hee beinge ruled by the saide S*" Row- 
lande Stanley. 

Dettf owing mee ot yearlie payment to bee payd to mee 
by M' Roger Sefton clarke pson of Billington [sic for Bebing- 
ton].i 

Imprimis ... ... ... ... ... ... xv® 

and also yearelie dureing his lyfe to mee and 1 

my assignes whome I make my assignes Eliz : r xx^ 

my daughter to recey ve the same ... J 

Itm I doe owe to M' Robt Fletcher and more I ^ 
doe nott owe hym as I shall answere afore > xv^ 
God another dale ... ... .... ... J 

[Witnesses] S' Peter Jackson clarke & Deane of Wirral 

S' Richard Cooke his ghostlie father 
John Whytehead 
John Lewes 
James Tunston 
Thomas Burgf 
X Roger Pinington w'^ others 

[Proved 4 July 1560 by Exors named] 
[Proved a second time by S' Rowland Stanly 13 Jan : 1589^ 



€f)s man of EalpK) ISositocit, of €f)t&ttr, Iiateb 

1560* 

In dei Noie Amen the fowrtht day of Januarye in the 
yeare off owre Lord God a thowsand ffyve hundretht and three 
score I Raffe Bostocke off the Citye of Chester in the pishe 
off Seynt Peeters Thus do make [etc] I bequethe my sowle 
unto Almightie God my saviour & redemer & to our Blessed 



' John Grice was the patron of the living of Bebington for one turn, and pre 
sented the Rev. Roger Sefton to it in 1556. 



190 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Ladye Seynt Marye & all the Holy Companye of Heave 
and my bodie to be buried in my paryshe churche in the 
Northt He as nighe unto my ffathers grave as mey con- 
venientlye be. Secondlye I geave & bequethe all my 
goodes [etc] unto my wyffe Anne & my childre that ys to sey 
Raffe Thorns Johne Willia & Jane to be devided amongest 
them according to the ancient custome off the contrey, [also] 
lease & tacke off thys my howse wherein I no we dwell [to son 
Ralph when he come to full age] 

[Executors] wyff Anne and my sofle Raffe Bostocke 

[Overseers] my brother WylHa Bostocke, my hucle 
Wyllia Bostocke & my uncle Jhon Radfford 

[Witnesses] Wylliam Fletcher Willia Bostocke, Adam 
Piatt w^ others 

[Proved 3 Nov. before the Chancellor on the Visitation of 
the Metropolitan by Anne, relict of testator Ralph Bostocke, 
the other executor being dead.] 

[Inventory of Chester goods taken 21 January 1561. & 
of his goods at " hys farme att Barrowe " on the 22 Jan. 
1561.] 



€i)t WLill of ^ir dSiobtrt i^nglep, of aiaffcroft^ 

iratelr 1561^ 

In the Name of God Amen the xix day of September 
[156 1 etc] I Robert Langley^ of Agecroft in the Countie of 
Lancastre Knight beyinge sicke in bodye [etc]* To John 
Ekersall my s'uant iiij**' shepe. To John Digle v" or a heffer» 
To Adam Gartside iiij®' shepe. Item hit is my will that all 
the Residue of my sluntf other then such to whome I have 
graunted certen anuities for terme of theire Lyues shall haue 
ewerye one of theym a quarters wagies towardf their ^ferment 
oS & besydes their wagis wch shall be due at the tyme of my 
decease. And hit [is] further my will and I geue & bequethe 

1 Ftdg Will of Robert Langley, /. 62. 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM HOCKENHULL, OF PRENTON. 19I 

to Dame Cicilje my wyfF all the residue of my good^ [etc 
after funeral expenses & debts have been paid] 

[Exors] Cosin Edmund Trafford Esquir & Dame Cicely 
my wief 

[Overseers] S' Edmund TraflFord S' Wittm Radclifif 
Knightf, 

[Witnesses] Robert Langly. Ric Gerrard. Ric Langton. 
& dyvers other. 

[Proved xix Feb 1561] 



Wl)t mm of SlsatUtam 3lociien{)uIl, of prenton, 

battU 1563* 

In the Name of God Amen. I Wyllyam Hockenell of 
Prenton in the Countye of Chester Gentillman beynge sicke 
[etc]. I wyll & devise all & singuler my capitall howsse of 
Prenton in the Countie of Chester and all landf tentf reuer- 
cions [etc] beynge pcell of the demeane landf of the sayd 
Capitall howse [etc] to my wyff M'gerie by name for & 
dureinge the terme of seven yeares nex*® ensueinge the daye 
of my deceasse to hyr owne use to the entent that therw**^ & 
w*^ the pfittf of the same like a good & a naturall mother 
shall bring up my doughters not preferred or by me advaunced 
in good norture & education paying yerely therefore the 
sume of iij" vj* viij^ to my heyre. And further I wyll & 
devise all & sing^uler my purchased landf tentf w*'** I haue 
and aine seased of in the sayd Countie in demeane or reuer- 
cion to my sayd wyff for terme of hyr naturall lyff & after 
hyr decease to my right heyres. 

[Dower of third part of the said lands after the expiration 
of the said term] 

And further I wyll & devise to effly of my doughters 
Katheren & M^garett toward there preferment seulallye 
fyftye poundf [etc] 

And further I wyll & devise to eSy one of my younger 
sonnes the summe of fortye poundes [etc & a annuity of 20/- 
each issuing from lands in] Tranmar HouUe & Morton [etc] 



192 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

to commence after the deathe of my saide wyflF. And further 
I wyll & deuyse to my sonne in lawe Wyllyam Dod one 
howse of tenyment and all Landf theronto belonginge in 
Howe for terme of his lyffe & of Elizabeth his wyffe & the 
longer lyver [etc] paying to my sonne & heyre therefore xiij® 
iiij*^ for all saruysses & demands. And also I gyve to my 
sister in lawe M'** Bostocke a cow [etc] 

[Executors] My wyff & my sonne-in-lawe Roger Glegg 

[Overseers] John Whitmore Esquyer 

[17 January 1563] 

[Witnesses] John Norbury gent, Thomas Bellyne Hugh 
Glyn Doctor of fysycke. Foulke Aldersay Wyllyam Dod 
mj chant. 

[No date of probate.] 



Irateli 1564* 

In dei noie Amen, in the yeare of ow' Lord God •a thow- 
sande fyue hundred thre score & foure the fyrst daye of 
Februarii I Roger Clegge sicke in bodie [etc] my bodie to be 
buried in Saynct Aswaldf church or ellf where it pleaseth God 
& my frendf . Itin I wyll my dettf be payd my body brought 
home with my goodf . Itm I wyll my iiij children have the 
iiij heffers that be putt forth for them w*** thle profittf that 
Gumeth of them besyde theire childes parte. Itm I wyll my 
eldest sonne haue my beste rynge w*** the stone in hit & my 
best pott & yf the eldest departe afore the age of twentye 
and one yeres I will my yoriger softe have them. Itm I will 
my wiff have the order of all my Landf & goodf uhtyll my 
eldest sonne be of the Age of xxi yeres & then my goodf to 
be devyded betwixt my wiff & my children yff the canne not 
agre w*^ there mother Alsoe whereas I haue payd to Robart 



^ In the parish of West Kirby. He was the son of John Glegg, the original 
granteie of the property, see Ormerod [Helshy)^ Vol. ii.,/. 492. 



THE WILL OF HENRY BEDFORD, OF LIVERPOOL. I93 

Maynwarynge for a close iiij yeares rent aforehand I wyll that 
Thomas Bellen & Edward Smythe & Jyie Taylyer have the 
close for ij yeres yett cuminge accordinge to my promes or 
cUf theire money agayne. I make my executor my wyff 
and I make Wyllyam * Dod ouerseer to see this my last wyll 
fulfylled. . Thes by wittnese of this my last wyll puttinge to 
off ow' handf Roger Bennett Vicar & Thomas Bellen marcer 

[No date of probate.] 

A trew Inventorye of the goodf & cattellf of Roger 
Clegge of the Grange gentylma praysed by Thomas Lyn- 
naker, Rychard Yonge, Thorns Coventrye of the Grange. 

[No total.] 



Cfte man of feenrp dBeliforti, ot a:ifafrpoi)I, 

Irateli 1568^ 

The xxviij*** daye of October Anno Dfti 1 568. 
In the Name of God the father the sone & the Holyghoste 
thre psons and one god to whom be all honor & glory for 
euer & euer Amen, I Henry Bedford^ of Lyuerpoole in the 
Countie of Lancaster Remebring the uncerteyne state of 
mans liffe and that death is a thinge most certaine to come to 
cuery lyving creature but when where or howe is reserved from 
mans knowledg to god onlye wisdome, that in tyme of sicknes 
it is most necessary and convenient to be quiet in mynde & 
to call for Gods great mercy & grace according to the duty of 
a christian man and not then to be troubled with worldly 
matters & vanities do therefore make & ordeyne this my last 
will & testament of all my goodf cattells Plate money & dettf 
in manner & form following First I bequeath my sole unto 



* I am indebted to E. M. Hance, Esq., for the following note : ** M*" Hcnr}' 
Bedford " lived in Water Street, and in 1565 was assessed to the large amount of 
i6d. in the ** Ley " for the repair of Walton Church. He does not seem to have 
besn himself a burgess of Liverpool, but his second son, Henry, appears on the 
roll of 1589 as No. 113. 

O 



194 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

God the father almightie who hath made me of nothinge & 
unto Jesu Christe his onlie sofle who by the merites of his 
most glorious & bitter passion hath mos* mercifully & freely 
redeemed me from Damnacion my bodie to be buried within 
the pish of LyuerpoU or els where it shall please god to call 
me without any pompe or symptuosnes FIRST I bequeath to 
Mergaret Bedford my wiff in money one hundreth markes I 
geue also to my wiff all my Plate & my howshold stuff & 
reparell trusting her to be good unto our two children w*^ 
a porcyon thereof as she shall seme best I geue unto William 
Bedford my eldest sonne one hundreth poundf and unto 
Henry Bedford my younger sone another hundreth poundf 
[etc] More I geue to thepoore of Lyuerpoft the some of xxx®. 
I do make & ordeyne my executors my wyff Mergarett Bed- 
forde & Wittm Bedford my soiie & overseer of this my will I 
do desire good M"^ Wittm Glaseor Esquier for the which I will 
him to have a ringe made pryce iij". I geve to John Bennet 
& my sister Mary ech of them a rynge pryce xxvj® viij^ a 
piece. I desire you John Bennet euen as I have loued you to 
loue nowe my wief & children [etc. Residue equally to wife 
& children]. 

I Henry Bedforde have written this with my owne hand 
euen the xxviij*** of October By me Henry Bedforde 

And for dettf I owe none in the worlde but unto John 
Bennet my servant [etc] 

Now as touching our children good wieff this is my mynde 
that when you have done & gathered in my dettf and ap- 
pointed theyr porcyon I prey you lett them pcede in there 
lerninge and have you M'^Glaseour[*s]mynd & Thomas Gore['s] 
opinion how that stocke maybe best Imployed for increase to 
mainteyne ther learninge and you shall find M' Gore y^ frend 
for I thank hym he hath bene eu myne & I know righte well 
he will not refuse to doo my children a good turne I have 
forgotten him whom I am moste bounden to remember there- 
fore I pray you Lett him have a Ringe price iij" such a one as 

M' Glaseour most have, 

f' 

[Proved, vij. January 1568. Admon. to widow, power 
, reserved to other exor. owing to minority] 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM MASSEY, OF PUDDINGTON. IQS 

€i)t Wim of Cftomas! ISrotone, of ^oolt, 

Hateli 1572^ 

In dei Noie Amen. [14 May] Anfio Dni Mitteo quin- 
genteo Septuageo decimo [szc] I Thomas Browne of Hoole 
gent trobled somewhat w^ certaine deceases in diuls ptf of 
my bodie [etc] 

To the pishe churche of Plemstowe xx® 

To Elizabeth Browne my wyff my lease of my farme at 
Broughto [etc] requiring her to suffer my father to have such 
portion thereof as she shall think convenient [etc] during his 
life & the life of my mother. 

The lease of my house in Hoole & my lands [etc in Co. 
Flint & elsewhere to wife to bring up children until xx years] 

[To sons Rich. & John lease of land in Upton " of which I 
have the fee simple."] [Mentions " a title booke remaining in 
my studie "] 

Exor. wife Eliz & Richard Browne my sonne. 

Sealed 14 Aug 1578 
Wit. Francf Birkhened. 
W" Dorington. 
John Hankie. 
Dauid Dimocke. 

Proved 12 Oct. 1578 Inv. 200^^ 20*^ 8^ 



€f)t man of ^tUtam iHaside^, of ^utrtrmgtou, 

Jatei 1579^ 

" In dei noie Amen the xxiiij*^ daye of Apryll in the 
yeare of our Lorde God 1579," etc, " I William Massie of Pud- 
dington in the countie of Chester Esquier beinge of good & 
pfecte mynde " etc. " doe therefore make this my last Wyll & 
Testament as well of 8 ten my "messuage landf Tenement^ & 
Hereditamentf as alsoe of all and singuler my goodf cattails 
Teithes leases and chattells as heareafter by and in thees 
plsentf ys and are mencioned specified & declared, fyrst 1 

O 2 



196 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

render and bequeath my soule to Almightie God to Christ 
my savio' and redeemer and my bodie to be buried in the 
yearth w'thin the Chancell of the pishe churche of Burton in 
the place where ytt maie bee thowght convenient att the dis- 
crecion of the executors of this my last wyll & Testament " 
etc. 

" I doe gyve & bequeath by this my last wyll & Testament 
to my executors heareafter in these plsents named all & 
singuler those my messuagf landes Tenement^ rentf reffi cons 
& hereditament^ with there appurtenancf in the said Countie 
of Chester to suche use and uses and in such manS & forme 
as heareafter foloweth, ffyrst I gyve to my sonne John Massie 
all my landf in Newton w'th there appurtenancf whatsoever 
w'thin the pishe of West Kirbie to haue & to hold to the 
saied John Massie and his heyres males for ever to be holden 
of the cheef lords of that fee by service therefore dwe & 
accustomed & for wante of hevres males of his bodie lawfullie 
begotten then to the heyres males of the lord & owner of the 
manS of Puddington bearinge the name of Massie for ever 
according to a farther devise thereof in lawe made by me the 
said William Massie provided alwaies that yf the saied John 
Massie doe die before such wyfe as hee shall hereafter happen 
to marrie then I wyll & Bequeath all the saied landf & Tene- 
mentf etc in the pishe of Westkirbie to such his said wyfe for 
& during her nratt lyfe, the remainder thereof after her decease 
to the use aforesaid." 

" Itm I gyve to my saied sonne John my lease wch I have 
of the Quenes Mat^® of certen lands in the pishe of Westkir- 
bie to have & to hold" etc subject to the payment of Testa- 
tors debts funeral expenses & legacies. [My will]" ys that 
my executors shall w***in one yeare next after my death cause 
one convenient Tombe or monument of Alabaster for my de- 
gree and vocacion wherein my corpes to bee buried and laied 
in the north He or chappell of the said pishe Churche of Bur- 
ton for the makinge whereof I gyve by this my wyll xiij*^ vj* 
viij^ to bee imployed on the same also I gyve & bequeath for 
the makinge of better lightes and windowes in the said north 
He or chappell vj" vj^ viiij^. 

" Itih I gyve to my sonne George for heyre lowmes the 
brwehowse standinge & the backhowse with all the vessels 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM MASSEY, OF PUDDINGTON. 197 

thereto appteyning the bedsteades in the chappell chamber & 
in Yardleis chamber, all the tables waynscote tressles & four 
great cofifers in my chamber where I lye & in the closet, the 
cubberts in the plo' & in the closet twoe beste brasse pottf 
& all in the lardar howse as ytt standeth ij best broches 
the Racke and Ireons of the Kychin & plor, the daie howse 
wth all the tryne ware & woden vessels, Itm in the butterie 
the cubborde with a bason & yewer & ij great candelstickf 
the pottf & quartf of pewter. Item my beste salte of sylver 
& gylte to remaine to the howse. Itm, my beste sylver cuppe 
with a couer to remayne in lykewyse to the howse. Item " 
[sundry husbandry gear etc]. 

" Item I gyve to my sonne Venables his twoe young' 
sonnes John & George my farm in Warrfard late in the 
occupacion of Raphe Psons duringe theire nratt lyves & the 
longest lyver of them paying the old and accustomed yearlie 
rentf " etc. 

" Item I gyve to my sonne Meoles to hys iiij daughters 
twoe kye a peace & to hys sonnes to eu)ye of them xl^ excepte 
to Thomas his sonne to whome I gyve three powndes v'f viij^ 
dureing my lease wch I have of the moitie of Wallesie pson- 
age." 

" Item to my sonne Poole to hys daughter ij kye to hys 
sonnes ether xl^ Item to my sonne Monelex to euerie of his 
daughters ij viij*^ kye [szc] & to his sonne xl^. Item to my 
sonne Bamvill to eulie of his daughters twoe kye. Itfn To 
Rymyghton besydes his wagf fyve markes in money. To 
Rychard Walker fyve markes besydes his wagf. Item to 
Richard Leigh xP. Itm to Richard Ardnoe xl^ Item to my 
servante Robert Smythe xx^ Itm I gyve to my cosen Anne 
Masterson one Cowe. Item I give to widowe Pewe one cowe. 
Item to all my other servant^ aswell men as wemen hynd- 
servantf & others one yeares wagf besydes what ys due att 
the tyme of my death. Item to Margery for her pferment in 
mariage xx^^ Item to my daughter Ales to her daughters ij 
kye a peace to William Trafford her sonne xx**® nobles 
towards keepinge hym to the schole. Item to my cosen S' 
Thomas Venables a horse colte. Item to his sonne and heyre 
my younger Blacke fyllie of twoe yeares olde. Item to my 
cosen Richard Massie of Sale my blacke Trottinge Mare, Item 



198 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

to my cosen William Glegg my blacke fyllie nott yett twoe 
yeares olde. Item to William Moulding fyve markes to be 
had yearlie out of Westkirbie for & during his nratt lyfe. To 
Thomas Deyne xl^ Itm to Burton xl^ Itm to my sonne 
Frances Bamvyl & his wyfe a close called Lesser Paynes 
feild and a lade of haye yearlie to bee had att Coughall for 
the tearme of fortie yeares yf ether the saied Fraunces or his 
wyfe shall soe longe lyve Itm I gyve to Alice Woswall my 
servant yearlie duringe her nratt lyfe xx" to bee taken yearlie 
out of the rentf of my farme in Somerford in the saied 
Countie of Chester nowe in the occupacon of James Thorley 
or his mother. Itm I gyve to my daughter Ellen Bamvylde 
& to her husbund dureinge my lease of the moitieofWallesey 
psonage vj bushells of Barley twoe Bushells of Peasen, iij 
bushells of wheat & a Bushell of Rye to be yearlie pceyved 
& taken out of my saied psonage duringe all suche yeares as 
I have nowe to come in the sayde lease yf the saied Ellen 
and her said husband Bamvill or anie of them soe longe doe 
lyve. I doe gyve & bequeathe to John Wesbie & to Thomas 
Bunburie Esquiers & to either of them v" in gold wch saied 
John & Thomas together with John Massie my sonne I or- 
dayne & make my executors to execute this my laste Will & 
Testamente & doe request my worshipfull & well beloved 
ffrendes M' William Gerard, chancello"^ of Ireland & M' 
William Glaseor vice chamberlayne of Chester to bee my 
overseers to see the same fulfilled according to the true mean- 
inge hereof as my special truste ys in them to ether of wch 
my saied ouj seers by these psents I gyve v^ a peace in gold. 
In witness whereof to this my ^sent Testament I the saied 
William Massie have subscribed my name the daie & yeare 
first wthin wrytten 

William Massie 
Thees being Wittnes 

Laurence Thorley Thomas Deyne 
Robert Smyth & Alice Woswall. 

[Proved 23 July 1579 by John Massie one of the Exors 
power reserved] 



199 



@bben^a« 



I am indebted to J. Paul Rylands, Esq., F.S.A., for the 
following abstracts of wills from a Danyers pedigree, 
a copy of which is in his possession. The original pedigree 
is on vellum, and was made in 1618, and continued by a 
later hand to 1726. It is now at Eaton, in the library of 
the Duke of Westminster. 



Cfee WiUl of CfeDmas! JBanpers! tfte (CRrer, of 

§5ralrlep, liateb i354-5^ 

Thomas Daniers^ condidit tes?m a® 28. E. 3 [1354-5] ^^ 
deditcapello ad orand p aia sua et aia Thome filii sue 5 mcas 
et dedit Margete filie sue maritag Wm. fil. Rici. de Buckley 
et Thome fil. suo custodia terras pld Wmi. in Chedle et 
Henrico filio suo maritag heredis Wmi de Overtabley et Johi 
filio suo Juventii et M'gjete filie Johis filii sui cer? reddit' in 
Cheadle et Katharine uxi — de Tabley et Margerie uxori 
Wmi de Tabley xx^ et fecit Joham uxem sua et Adam de 
Tabley executores suos (vide the box of willes). 



^ Thomas Daniers the elder of Bradley, within Appleton, co. Chester, married 
1st. Margaret daughter of Adam son of William de Tabley and 2ndly. Johan le 
Norreys afterwards the wife of William Bostock. By his first marriage he had 
a son Thomas whose daughter and heiress married ist. John Savage and 2ndly 
Peter Legh of Lyme. By his 2nd marriage he had a son Sir Thomas Daniers 
who married Katherine de Tabley. 



2CXD LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Wbt WiiU of ^tr Cl^omaaE ]3anpers(, of Cafilep^ 

Irattli 1383^ 

Thomas Daniers^ miles condidit testamentum suu 1383 et 
legavit Rico, fr'i suo un chival et residua bono* suo;^ Jonette 
filie sue et fecit Katherinam uxorem ejus et Rob'tu Daniers 
son Cosin executores suos et obiit eoA a? 1383 6. R. 2. 



9nimtni9Etratton of t^e (BooHii of JBame Hatl^arfnt 

IBanpersf, batei i4i7* 

Katherina^ nuper uxor Thome Daniers militis obiit intestat 
et Admraco bonoj^ suo^ comissa est Thome Daniell fil. pld 
Thome Daniell milit 1417. (Box willes A. b.) 



€f)t Wlill of C()omad ]9anpers(> of Cablep^ 

irateU i432* 

Thomas filius Thome Daniell* mili? fecit testm in festo see 
Kathjine virgifl 1432. 10 H. 6. et p idem testm. legavit 
Johanne filie sue duas vaccas et Johanni filio ipsiuss Thome 
duas varas [vaccas ?] et Johi f ri ipius Thome xiij* liij^ et 
eisdem bono^ suoj^ Thome fil: suo et heredi ad custodiendum 
Ricm Daniell Henric. Rogm et Laurenc filios pSdci testatoris. 
Et fecit pSd Thom. executor. 



^ Sir Thomas Daniers of Tabley jure uxoris, married Katherine daughter 
and heiress of William son of Adam son of Adam de Tabley (Marriage Articles 
27 Ed. III.). 

* See preceding Note. 

'' Thomas Daniers of Tabley, married Elizabeth dau. of Sir Richard Aston 
of Aston, CO. Chester. 



THE WILL OF PIERS DANIELL, OF TABLEY. 20I 

f) Cbe Wiill of CI)oma£{ Mmx^tvd, or Bantrll^ 

of Caftlfj), tiatti I494-5* 

et Thomas Daniell Esq^ made his last will in lo H. 7. [1494-5 

it and thereby gave to Ellen Mar^y and M'garet his daughters 
rs 300 marks and the residue of his goods to Blanch his wife and 

to his children and to Thomas and Richard his sonnes [he 

gave] Annuities of vj m)kes a peece. 



€i)t mail of ^lers! JBamell, of Caijlep, 

iatti 1522^ 

Piers Daniell Esq.^ made his will in 1522. 14 H. 8. and 
j gave Cheritreehurst to Robert Daniell his [2nd] sone for life 
and to Piers Daniell his 3 sonne xl^ annuity and xiij' iiijd 
land in Stathom to John Daniell his bastard for life and cer- 
tenne lande there to Raffe his bastard for lieff And xiij* liij^ 
land in Lym to Homfray his Bastard for lief And to Anne 
Elizabeth and Purnell [his daughters] certen porcons And to 
Julian his wife the third pt of his lands for lief And to Thomas 
his sone and heire apparent his lands according to the Cove- 
nants betweene the s^ Piers and Wm. Wilbram And x nfiJkes 
to Margaret his sister And to Mlget Isabell & Anne his bastard 
daughters certen porcons. 



^ Thomas Daniers, or Daniell, of Tabley, married Blanche dau. of Sir Peter 
or Piers Warburton of Arley, co. Chester, by whom, as well as the children 
named in his will, he had a son and heir Peter or Piers. 

^ Piers Daniell of Tabley married Juliana daughter of Peter Newton, Secre- 
tary to Prince Arthur, son of Henry VIII, by whom he had a son and heir, 
Thomas, and other issue. 



204 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

my savle. Itih I haue ordaynet to be myn exsecutors Harr of 
Scharysbrec ye fader et Weft Daneel [?] for grte trust to 
fulfyl my wil. Itm I bequethe to aythir of ham xl® for hor 
labur in ye witenes yis I haue set my sele ye date at Boldc 
ye xxij day of octobre ye ix yer of Kyng Harrc. 



FINIS. 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 

(Pl ace-Names in Italics.) 



A. 



Abbott, Ellen, 130; George, iii, 
130 ; James, in; Margery, 130 ; 
Wm., Ill, 130. 

Abravaghan, Sir John, 175 ; Rich- 
ard, 175. 

Accrington^ no. 

Actofiy 66, 67. 

Age crafty 62, 190. 

Agincourty 10 n. 

AkerSy Master of St. Thomas of, 45. 

Aldersey (Aldursley), Anne, loi, 
102, 147 ; Daniel, 152 ; Eliz. 
147 ; Foulke, 192 ; Henry, 20 
bisj' Hugh, 4, 66, 67, 68, 141 ; 
Jane, 152, 153 ; John, 66, 67, 68, 
100, loi, 103, 140, 141 ter, 147 ; 
Martha, 147 ; Mary, 140, 141, 
147 ; Ralph, 68 ; Randle, 10 1, 
102 ; Richard, 66, 67, 68 ; Robert, 
66, 67, 147, 152 ; Samuel, 153; 
Thos., 102, 137, 138, 141, 147 ; 
Wm., 119, 147. 

Aldersey y 66, 67, 68. 

Aldfort, Thos., 20. 

Alexander, Richard, 137, 138, 139. 

Aleyne. Sec Allen. 

Allat, Edmund, 99 bis; Mgt., 99. 

AUcock, Geoffrey, 40 ; John, 118 ; 
Wm., 41. 

Allen (Aleyne), John, 60 his; 
Nicholas, 160 ; Wm, 121. 

AUerton, Thos., 121. 

Allerton^ 113. 

Almond, Alice, 1 50 ; Ellen, 1 50 ; 
Margery, 150 ; Wm., 150. 

Altrincham^ 47, 60. 

Alvanley (k\xSiOv\^y)y 136. 

Anderton, Wm., 171. 

Andrews (Andrew, Androes, An- 
drowe), Blesse, 178 ; John, 178 ; 
Randle, 154 ; Richard, i, 178. 



Anian. Sec Anyon. 

Anyon (Anian, Anyan), Alice, 165 ; 
Eliz., 165 ; Sir John, 177, 179 
Richard, 177, 178, 179 ; Thos., 
165, 166 ; Wm., 165, 178, 179. 

Ap Edward. See Edward. 

Ap Llewellyn. See Llewellyn. 

Appleton, 155, 199 «. 

Ap Rees. 5^^ Rees. 

Ardury, 121. 

Ardern (Ardren), Ralph, 36 ; Robt., 

32,33,37. 
Ardnoe, Richard, 197. 
Arley, 201 «. 
Arrall, John, 61. 
Arrowsmith, Alice, 109 ; Gilbert, 

61 ; Henry, 32 ; Hugh, 176 ; 

Mathew, 32. 
Ashby (Assheby), Sir John, 21. 
Ashley, Christopher, 56. 
Ashton (Assheton), Benedict, 10 «. ; 

Edmund, 96 ; James, 96 ; Joan, 

10 n, ; John, i6eln„ 134; Mrs., 

126 ; Thos., 16 «. ; Sir Thos., 14, 

16 6is et n, ; Richard, 29 n, ; 

Robt, 61. 
Ashton, 46, 47, 61. 
Ashton in Makcrfield, 134. 
Ashton-upon-Merscy* 54, 55, 56,57. 
AsmoU (Asmole), George, 159 ; 

Sir Wm., 182. 
Asphall, Thos., 104. 
Aspinwall, Peter, 150. 
Aspull, 167, 187. 
Asseldey, Richard, 99. 
Astbury, 7, 9, 10, 30. 
Astbye, John, 94. 
Astill (Astyll), John, 59. 
Astley, Sir Wm., 184. 
Aston, Eliz., 200 «. ; Sir John, 73 ; 

Richd., 74 ; Sir Richd., 200 n. ; 

Thos., 94 ; Wm., 160. 
AstJn, 200 n. 



206 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Atherton, Anne, 29 ; Eliz., 96 ; 

Geo., 29 dis et n. ; Isabel, 29 ; 

James, 32 ; John, 29 /^r, 96 ; Sir 

John, 96 ; Mgt., 29, 96 ; Richard, 

186. 
Atherton, 29 et «., 96. 
Atkinson, Eliz., 155. 
Audlem, 12 «., 15. 
Aughtoii^ 203. 
Awarte (Orte), Alice, 97, 124; 

Edward, 97 ; Eliz., 97 ; Henry, 

97 ; Joan, 97 ; Thos., 96, 97, 125. 
Aykbank, 73. 
Aynscough (Ascuo, Ayscuo, Ayns- 

cho), Ralph, 73, 74 ; Wm., 168. 
Ay toughs, Richd., 1 10. 
Aytoun, Hugh, 4. 



B. 



Hackford, 161. 

IJadcock (Baddcoke), John, 60 ; 

Wm., 153. 
BaddeUy, 47. 
Baguley, Richd., 161. 
Baker, Randle, 127 ; Richd., 127 ; 

Thos., 128. 
Ball, Ciceley, 168 ; Ellen, 161, 169 ; 

Emma, 161 ; Henry, 120 ; Joan, 

169 ; Sir John, 169 ; Mary, 120 ; 

Richd., 168, 169 ; Thos., 168 his; 

Wm., 168, 169. 
Balshaw, John, 125 ; Wm., 125. 
Bamvill (Bamv)d, Bamvylde), Ellen, 

198 ; Frances, 197, 198. 
Bamford, John, 20 ; Wm., 20. 
Bank, Adam, 183 ; Grace, 183, 

184 ; Humphrey, 183, 184; John, 

184 ; Thos., 183, 184 ; Wm., 183, 

184. 
Bannister, Roger, 71, 73, 203. 
Barber, Wm., 175. 
Barker, Alice, 127 ; Ralph, 127 ; 

Randle, 127; Reginald, 6; Thos., 

127, 128. 
Barking, Abbess of, 54, 55. 
Barlow, Eliz., 61 ; Geoffrey, 26 ; 

Geo., 61 ; James, 61 bis; John, 

61 ; Sir John, 91, 94 ; Ralph, 61 

bis; Robt., 26, 91 ; Wm., 61. 
Barnston, John, 107 ; Thos., 107 ; 

Wm., 107 bis, 108. 
Barret, Eliz., 18 ; James, 149 ; 

Richd., 18. 
Barrow, 116, 190. 
Barton, Andrew, 75 ; Henry, 186 ; 

Jane, 27 ; Richd., 173. 



Basnett, , 137. 

Bate, Wm., 118. 

Bateson, Oliver, 163. 

Batmon, John, 180. 

Baxtonden, Mgt., 151 ; John, 151. 

Bebington, Cath., loi. 

Behington, 189 et n. 

Bedford, Henry, 193 et «., 194 ; 
Mgt., 194; Mary, 194; Wm., 
194. 

Bedford, 109, 119. 

Belfield, Christian, 203 ; Edw., 
203 ; Kath., 203. 

Bell, Alex., 46 ; Geo., 78. 

Bellin (Bellyne), Thos., 192, 193. 

Belman, John, 17. 

Benedict, 16. 

Bennett (Benet), Agnes, 81 ; Alex., 
81 ; Alice, 81 ; Christopher, 81, 
188 ; Geo., 188 ; James, 187 ; 
John, 194 ; Ralph, 59 ; Robt., 
121 ; Roger, 193 ; Sir Roger, 
188 ; Thos., 82 ; Wm., 64, 81, 83, 

177, 179- 
Bent, John, 148, 149 ; Sarah, 149. 
Bentley, Sir Roger, 13, 15. 
Berkett, 114. 
Berrowis, Thos., 88. 
Bexwick, Roger, 106. 
Betteley, John, 20 ; Ralph, 60. 
Bewsey, 149. 
Bibby, James, 78. 
Bicam, Thos., 95. 
Bilfrog, Thos., 187. 
Billinge, Alice, 1 50 ; Eliz., 1 50 ; 

Kath., 150; Robt., 150. 
Birch, John, 135. 
Birchall (Burghall), Henry, 134 ; 

Thos., 135 ; Wm., 167. 
Birch wood, Ralph, 165. 
Bird (Beyrde, Brid, Bridde), Alice, 

65, 69 ; Anne, 65 ; James, 18 ; 
John, 68 ; Nicholas, 69 ; Richd., 

66, 67 ; Thos., 178. 
Birkdale, Thos., 8. 
Birkenhead (Byrkenet), Francis, 

195 ; Richd., 93 ; Robt., 175. 
Birkhead (Byrkhed), Edw., .176, • 

Ralph, 176 ; Robt., 176. 
Birtwisle (Birtwisley), Mgt., 130; 

Mrs., no ; Thos., 130. 
Blackburn, Richd., 165. 
Blackburn, no, 123, 125, 128, 130, 

133, 134. 
Blackwall, Richd., 80. 

Blanchard (Blonchard), Evan, 185. 

Blevin, Hugh, 73. 

Bleysse, Thos., 173. « 



1/ 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



207 



Blythe (Blithe), Peter, 173. 

Bold, Sir John, 203 ; Niece, 126. 

Bold^ 203, 204. 

Bolton^ 27. 

Bomvile, Randle, 68. 

Boner, John, 183. 

Bonye, John, 73. 

Booth, Agnes, ^^ et n. ; Anne, 120 ; 
BarlDara, TJ ; Chas., ^^ n. ; Fran- 
cis, ^^ ; Joan, 136 ; John, ^^ ; 
Mgt., n, 78 ; Roger, ^^ et «., 78 ; 
Thos., ^^ w., 119, 120 ; Wm., 
Archbp. of York, i8. 

Booths^ 171 «., 172. 

Bore, Rich., 30. 

Bosden^ 46. 

Bostock, Anne, 190 ; Geo., 133 ; 
Jane, 190 ; John, 20, 190 ; Kath., 
178 ; Mrs., 192 ; Ralph, 108, 179, 
189, 190; Thos., 190; Wm., 
190 bis, 199. 

Bothfield, I. 

Bothojns^ The, 83. 

Botill, Thos., 176. 

Botteley, John, 59, 60. 

Boughton, 168. 

Bound, Roger, 103. 

Bowden, 162. 

Bowdon, Geo., 126. 

Bowker, Edw., 95. 

Boydell, John, 23. 

Braband, John, 178. 

Bradburn, John, 169. 

Bradhurst, Henry, 124. 

Bradkirke, 116. 

Bradley, Richd., 180. 

Bradley, 34, 73, 199 et n, 

Bradshaw, Edw., 161 ; Harry, 126 ; 
Humphrey, 187, John, 27 ; Robt., 
10 n. ; Wm., 187. 

Brainforthend, 43, 44. 

B rase nose Coll.y Oxford, 41 «., 45, 

77 «., 78. 
Brayne (Brayen), Christopher, 59 ; 

John, 60 ; Kath., 19, 20 bis, 

Ralph, 19, 20 ; Robt., 60 ; Wm., 

60. 
Breightmet, 24. 
Brereton, Ralph, 107 ; Richd., 107 ; 

Sir Urian, 46 n, bis. 
Brereton, 118. 
Brid. See Bird. 
Briddock (Bryddoke), Sir John, 48, 

Bridge, Trafford, See Trafford 

Bridge, 
Brigg, Roger, 186. 
Briscoe (Bryscar), John, 161. 



Broad Hey, 88. 

Broadhurst, John, 104. 

Brockhalls, Thos., in, 112. 

Brockhurst, 108, 109. 

Brombrough, 153, 188. 

Bromfield, 82, 85. 

Bromley, Fondull, 13 ; Thos., 60. 

Bromley, 47, 98. 

Brooke, Anne, 148 ; Henry, 148 ; 

Sir James, 81, 83; Mr., 116; 

Mrs., 126 ; Richd., 148 ; Sir 

Richd., 126, 148 ; Wm., 81. 
Broomhall (Brpmall, Bromhall), 

John, 30, 138. 
Br other home, 171. 
Broughton, 195. 
Brownlow, alias Whittle, Robt., 

122. 
Browne, Eliz., 170, 195 ; Geoffrey, 

56, 59 ; Henry, 185 ; Sir Henry, 

170, 175 ; John, 195 ; Kath., 169, 

174 «., 175 «. ; Richd., 195 ; 
Roger, 170, 175 ; Thos., 169, 
170, 195; Wm., 29 n., 169, 
170. 

Browns word, Isabel, 106 ; Richd., 
106 ; Thos., 106. 

Bruch, Roger, 109. 

Bruge, Wm., 36. 

Bryscar. See Briscoe. 

Buckley, Eliz., 141 ; Richd., 199 
Robt., 105 ; Wm., 199. 

Budworth, 126, 155. 

Budworth, Little, 114. 

Bugsworth {Buggesworth), 64. 

Buglawton, 47. 

Bulkeley, Wm., 20. 

Bull, Richd., 59. 

Bunbury, Richd., 161 ; Thos., 198. 

Bunbury, loi ; Church of St. Boni- 
face, 19. 

Burgess, John, 185 ; Thos., 136, 
189. 

Burghall. See Birchall. 

Bur land, 47. 

Burscough, Sir Roger, 166. 

Burscough, 182, 202, 203 ; Prior of, 
203. 

Burton, Andrew, 128 ; Edmund, 

175 ; Sir Edmund, 175 ; Thos., 
158. 

Burton, 85, 196, 198. 

Bury, Edw., 13. 

Butler, Thos., 31 ; Sir Thos., 

31. 
Byrom, Alice, 56 ; Simon, 74. 
Byron (Byran), Adam, 3 bis ; 

John, 96 ; Richd., 175. 



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LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Cabman, Roger, 82. 

Calder, They 203. 

CaUpole, John, Bp. of, 45. 

CaUys, 53. 

Calthropp, Anne, 137. 

Car r halt y 122, 123. 

Canterbury, 9, 16 »., 157 ; Arch- 
bishop of, 9. 

Cariticham^ 31. 

Carrer, John, 173. 

Carrington (Karynton), Sir Richd., 
21, 22 ; Sarah, 153. 

Cartwright, Thos., 59. 

Case, Eliz., 155; Jonathan, 155; 
Mgt., 155 ; Thos., 155. 

Caterall, Randle, in, 112. 

Chaddock (Chaydocke), John, 24, 
26. 

Chantrell, Eliz., 148. 

Charlton (Chorleton), Eliz., 136 ; 
Henry, 61 ; John, 61. 

Chamock, Robt, 98, 99. 

Chatterton, Henry, 128 bis, 

Chatterton, 96. 

CheadUi 199 ; Church of, 57. 

Cheapside^ 1 16; Three Kings in, 

143. 
Cheshire, Alice, 182; Mgt, 182; 

Sir Thos., 160. 

Chester^ 7, 36, 63, 66, 67, 69, 78, 80, 

82, 85, 89, 107, no, 119, 120, 122, 

132, I33> 135, 141, 147, 149, 153, 
154, 169, 174 etn.^ 189, 190, 198 ; 

Bp. of, 42, 117, 118; Carmelite 

Friars of, 1,7 bis ; Church of St. 

John, 7, 19 ; Foregate St., 4 ; 

Friars Minor of, i, 7 ; Friars 

preachers of, 203 ; Friars 

preachers of Castle, 7 ; St. 

Mary's on the Hill, 169 ; St. 

Oswald's, 169 ; St. Werburgh's, 

37, 168, 188. 

Chesterfield, 18. 

Chetham, Hugh, 27 ; John, 96. 

Chetwynd, Wm., 74. 

Cholmondley (Chomley), Richd., 
60. 

Chorlton. See Charlton. 

Chorlton, 135. 

Christopher, Thos., 188. 

Church, Sabbath, 138. 

ClaughtoHf III. 

Claye, Henry, 81 bis. 

Clayton, Bridget, no, 112 ; Chris- 
topher, 81 ; Edw., Ill, 112, 129 
biSy 130 bis; Ellen, 130; Giles, 



130 ; Henry, 130 ; John, lie bis^ 

III, 112, 128, 129/^r, 130 ; Ralph, 

in, 112, 129 biSy 130^/5, 133; 

Robt., 128; Sarah, 155, 156; 

Thos., no, 112, 129 ter ; Wm. 

Ill, 112, 130. 
Clayton, no. 

Clederow. See Clitheroe. 
Cleft, Evan, 185. 
dementis Inn, 42. 
Clerk, Oliver, 69. 
Clifton, Ellen, 70 bis, 71, 72 ; Isabel, 

72 ; Thos., 70 biSy 71, 72 ; Wm., 

70 3/5, 71, 72. 
Clitheroe (Clederow), Henry, 161. 
Clu worth, Richd., 28. 
Cocker (Kocker), John, 161. 
Cockerham (Kokirham), John, 202. 
Coddingtojiy 106, 107 ; Church of 

St. Mary, 4 ; Rector of, 4. 
Coke, Miles, 169 ; Wm., 173. 
Collier (CoUyere), Aunt, 114; Edw., 

114. 
CoUinspn, Thos., 1 10. 
Col vile, Hugh, 108. 
Colwich, Wm., 74. 
Comber bachy 88, 104. 
Coney, Henry, 185. 
Convleton, 30. 
Cooke (Coycke), Alice, 161 ; Geo., 

124 ; Margery, 161 ; Miles, 165 ; 

Mr., 149; Sir Richd., 189; Roger, 

56, 59 ; Thos., 161 ; Wm., 161. 
Cooper, Alice, 150 ; Edw., 150 ; 

John, 150, 154 ; Mr., 153 ; Thos., 

150. See rt/si^Cowper. 
Copeland, Ellen, 45. 
Coppock, Robt, 113. 
Corker, Mgt., 81 ; Wm., 81 bis. 
Corles, Henry, 109. 
Cottingham, Mgt., 188. 
Cotton, John, loi. 
Coughall, 107, 198. 
Coventry (Coyntree), Geo., 186 ; 

Thos., 193. 
Coventry y 7, 181. 
Cower, James, 78. 
Cowling, James, 151 ; Wm., 151. 
Cowper, Edw., 125 bis; Eliz., 125 ; 

Ellen, 125 ; James, 125 ; John, 

125 bi%, 172; Thos., 125. See 

also Cooper. 
Coycke. See Cooke. 
Cragg, Hugh, 60. 
Crane, Anne, 91 ; Wm., 150. 
Craven, Richd., 152. 
Creswell, Edw., 126. 
Crewe, Thos., 20. — ■' 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



209 



Critchley (Crecheley, Crouchley, 
Crutchley), Ellen, 153, 154; 
Geo., 153 ; Roger, 60. 

Croft, James, 109. 

Crompton, Mary, 145, 146 ; Wm., 

145, 146. 
Crooke, Richd., 151. 
Cropper, James, 186. 
Crosby, Sir John, 164, 165. 
Cross, Ralph, 164. 
Crouchley. See Critchley. 
Crowton^ I3i» • 
Croxton, Eliz., 171 et «., 172 ; 

Humphrey, 172 ; Rifhd., 172 ; 

Thos.* 171 et n.\ Wm., 164. 
Curtis (Curtesse), Wm., 178. 
Cuthbert, Bp. See Tunstall. 



D. 



Dacre, Sir Christopher, 73. 

Dale, Kath., 176; Randle, 113; 
Robt., 176. 

Dale acre, 6. 

Dalton, 39, 73, 75, 76. 

Damport. See Davenport. 

Dande, John, 126. 

Daniel (Daniers, Danyers), Anne, 
201 ; Blanche, 201 ; Eliz., 201 ; 
Ellen, 201 ; Henry, 199, 200 ; 
Humphrey, 201 ; Isabel, 201 ; 
Joan, 199, 200 bis; John, 199, 
200 biSy 201 ; Kath., 200 bis ; 
Laurence, 200 ; Mgt., 199, 201 
bis; Margery, 201; Mr., 126; 
Piers, 201 et n. ; Purnell, 201 ; 
Ralph, 201 ; Richard, 104, 200 
biSj 201 ; Robert, 200, 201 ; Roger, 
200 ; Thos., 68, 199 bis et «., 200 
bis et n., 201 bis et n. ; Sir Thos., 
199 «., 200 bis et n. ; Whl, 204. 

Danyers. See Daniel. 

Daresbury, Church of, 114, 116, 
126. 

Darfford, Abbess of, 45. 

Z><ir«A<i// (Dernhall), 127, 138. 

Darwell, Thos., 109. 

Davenport (Damport), Agnes, 163, 
5.64 ; Alice, 40 ; Hugh, 87 ; Joan, 
40 ; John, 7, 8, 60, 65, 87 ; Mgt., 
164 ; Millicent, 2 ; Ralph, 41, 
64 ; Richd., 163, 164 ; Thos., 7, 
8, 16, 31, 40, 69 ; Wm., 118. 

David, Hugh, 162. 

Davy (Dave, Davye, Deve), Agnes, 
56 ; Edmund, 99 ; James, 59 ; 



Jane, 90 ; John, 89, 100 ; Robt., 

90 bis. 
Dean, Church of, 23, 24. 
Deane (Deyne), Sir James, 162 

163 ; Margery, 162, 163 ; Ralph, 

163 ; Thos., 198 ; Wm., 30, 31. 
Delahay, Robt., 56. 
Denbigh f 85. 
Denjield, 12 n. 
Denny e, Abbess of, 45. 
Denton, 24, 26. 
Derby, Edw., Earl of, 58, 176 ; 

Eliz., Countess of, 132. 
Derbyshire, Eliz., 134. 
Derbyshire, 44, 64. 
Dernhall, See Darnhall, 
Deve. See Davy. 
Deyne. See Deane. 
Deyvas, Sir John, 166 ; Sir Nicho- 
las, 22 ; Ralph, 61 ; Sir Robert, 

40 ; Thos., 60 ; Wm., 61. 
Diall, John, 178. 
Dickenson (Dyconson), Thos., 

125. 
Digle, John, 190. 
Dimcocke, David, 195. 
Disley, 34, 37, 38, 40, 69, 126. 
Ditchfield, John, 151. 
Ditckfield Lane, 1 82. 
Ditton, 185. 
Dixon, Anne, 144 ; Joshua, 144, 

145, 146. 
Dobson, Geo., 97 ; Richd., 118. 
Dod, Eliz., 192 ; James, 20 ; Thos., 

68 ; Wm., 192, 193. 
Dodson, Thos., 13 ; Wm., 13. 
Done. See Dunne. 
Dorbie, Sir John, 183. 
Dorringe, Wm., 99. 
Dorrington, Wm., 99, 195. 
Dorset, Lord, 42. 
Douglas y The {Doggies), 203. 
Dounes. See Downes. 
Dounge, 81, 83, 84. 
Downhill, James, 32, 33, 37. 
Downes (Dounes), Edw., 81 ; 

Eliz., 98, 99, 100 ; John, 69, 83 ; 

Roger, 36, 59 ; Wm., 6. 
Drakley, 171. 
Drinkwater, Peter, ii9«., 120, 121 ; 

Wm., 119 «. 
Duddington, 132. 
Dunham^ 170. 
Dunne (Done), Sir John, 87 bis, 89 ; 

Ralph, !oi, 102 ; Thos., 60; Wm., 

102 
Dutton, Edw., 119; Lady, 175; 
Laurence^ 74 ; Ralph, 175. 



2IO 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



E. 



Easthanty i6i. 

Eaton, Hercules, 135 ; Richd., 91 ; 

Robt., 143. 
Eaton (Yaiton), 47. 
Eccles^ 12, is/(>2, 
Eccleston, Henry, 98, 99 ; Wm., 

78. 
Eccleston, 126, 185. 
Eckersall (Ekersall), John, 190. 
Ecroyd, Wm., 108 ;/., 1 10 ;/., 121 «., 

122 «., 128 «., 133 «., I34«., 151 H. 
Edgley (Egeley), Richd., 60. 
Edward IV., King, 42. 
Edward, John ap, 90 ; Wm. ap, 

90. 
Edwards, Cousin, 137 ; Anne, 147 ; 

David, 178; Mary, 153; Thos., 

137, 138. 
Egerton, Eliz., loi ; John, 102 ; 

Piers, 60. 
Eince. See I nee. 
Elcock (Helcoke), Edmund, 165, 

166 ; Thos., 165. 
Elizabeth, Queen of Edw. IV., 42. 
Eller, John, 144. 
Ellis, Alice, 174 ; Eliz., 174, 175 

bis; Mary, 17$; Mathew, 170 

etn., 174 et «., 175. 
Ellum, Joan, 188. 
Eloms, Peter, 127, 128. 
Ely, Bp. of, 46 «., 48 ; Cathedral, 

church of, 51, 57. 
Emma, 3< 
Erlam, Thos., 114. 
Esthed, Edw., 185. 
EuxtoHy 150. 
Evans, Thos., 143. 
Evanson (Yevynson), John, 60 ; 

Thos., 60. 
Eyton, John, 83. 



F. 



Fadiley^ 47, 59, 60. 
Fairclough, James, 125. 
Fallybroome, Roger, 6. 
Farnworthy 12 «., 24, 26, 182. 
Farrington, Sir Henry, 29 «., 73. 
Farringtofty 151. 
Fedeler, Nicholas, 81. 
Femhead (Fumhead), John, 91 ; 

Peter, 124. 
Ferrars, Eleanor, 202 n, ; Sir John 

202 n, 
Ferror, John, 61. 



Fewterer, John, 46. 

Fielden, Henry, no, iii. 

Finch, Henry, 143. 

Finlowe, Sir Thos., 89. 

Finney, Edw., 181 ; Ellen, 181, 

182 ; Geo., 181 • James, 181 ; 

John, 181, 183 ; Robt, 182 ; 

Thos., 181. 
Fisher, Henry, 72. 
Fitton, Ralph, 36. 
Flapfonh, Wm., 186. 
Flaxy ards, 10 1, 102. 
Fletcher, Alice, 6 ; Ralph, 106 ; 

Robt., 188, 189 ; Wm., 190. 
Flintshire y 87, 89, 195. 
Flint, 90. 

Foregate Street, Chester, 4. 
Forshaw, Wm., 71, 73. 
Forster, Adam, 184 ; Ralph, 184 ; 

Seth, 184 ; Wm., 128. 
Foulk Staple/or d, 140. 
Fox, Thos., 161 bis. 
Foxholes, Richd., 161. 
Fradsom*' Bridge^ 188. 
Framwell (Frame we), Henry, 178. 
France, Chas., 167; John, 168; 

Richd., 168 ; Robt., 168 ; Wm., 

168 
Friars, Augustine, of Warrington, 

203 ; Brothers of Newcastle, 7 ; 

Brothers of Warrington, 6, 7 ; 

Carmelite, of Chester, i, 7 ; 

Minor of Chester, i, 7 ; Minor 

of Preston, 203 ; Minor of Shrop- 
shire, I ; Preachers of Chester, 

203. 
Frodsham, Thos., 136. 
Frodsham^ 91. 
Fryton, 96. 
Fumhead. See Femhead. 



G. 



Gale Green, 127, 128. 

Galey, Henry, 13. 

Gandy, Wm., 160. 

Gamett, Sir Edw., 185 ; Thos., 

185. 
Garstang, James, 185. 
Gartside, Adam, 190 ; John, 15. 
Gawen, Christopher, 176. 
GawsTvorthy 2. 

Gee, Alice, 106 ; Ralph, 106. 
Gelibrond, Lawrence, 13. 
Gepson, Nicholas, 95. 
Gerrard, Eliz., 98 ; Gilbert, 93, 136 ; 

Jane, 98, 99, 100 ; Richd., 191 ; 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



21 1 



Thos., 1 68 ; Sir Thos., 31, 32, 98, 

99 ; Wm., 198. 
Getten, Jogene, 108. 
Gill,. Agnes, 183; Margery, 181. 
Glaseor, Wm., 194, 198. 
Gleave (Glaue), John, 91 ; Thos., 

^133. 

Glegg, Eliz., 22 ; John, 192 n. ; 
Roger, 192 bis, 193 ; Wm., 198. 

Glover, John, 95. 

Glyn, Hugh, 192. 

Gobbin, Wm., 178 

Golberfie, 158. 

Goldacre (Guldiker), James, 185. 

Gore, Thos., 194. 

GortoHy 24. 

Gostling, Geo., 157. 

Goulbume (Gowburn), Henry, 186; 
Nathan, 148, 149; Sister, 148; 
Thos., 148, 149 ; Wm., 186. 

Grafton, 107. 

Grange, 192, 193. 

Grantham, Leonard, 135 ; Pene- 
lope, 135 ; Sarah, 152. 

Grayley, Roger, 60. 

Grayne, Geo., 91. 

Grafs Inn, 116. 

Greene, Thos. 79. 

Greenhalgh, Anne, 63 ; Piers, 13. 

^^^%%^ John, 103 ; Richd., 103. 

Gregory, Wm., 178. 

Grice, Eliz., 189 ; Geo., 188; John, 
188, 189 n ; Wm., 188, 189. 

Grimsdich, Alice, 170; Mr., 91 ; 
Wm., 170. 

Grimshaw, John, 146; Mr., no. 
Gronwall (Gronowe), Catherine, 

170 ; Cicely, 170 ; Geoffrey, 170 ; 

John, 170. 
Guilden Sutton, 179. 
Guldene, Richd., 13. 
Guldiker. See Goldacre. 
Gwesamy, 87. 



H. 



Hadfield, Margery, 81. 
Hagerstone, Alice, 6. 
Halderhead, John, 41. 
Hale, 85, 131, 158. 
Hale bank, lyz, 
Halewood^ 85, 132. 
Halghton, Henry, 60 ; John, 20. 
Hafghton^ 24. 
Hall, John, 71, 73. 
Hallam, 112, 113, 114, 118, 125, 
126. 



Hallam, Mickle, 116. 

Halliwell (Haliwall), Giles, 56 ; 

Hugh, 60; John, 175; Richd.. 

170; Robin, 27. 
Halsall. Eliz.. 185 ; Henry, 184. 

185 ; Hugh, 185 ; John, 186 ; 

Richd., 184 bis, 
Hanbridge, 4. 

Hance, E. M., 187 «., 193 n, 
Hande, Sir Thos., 180. 
Handforth. See Hondford. 
Handforth, See Hondford, 
Handley, 27, 107, 108. 
Hankie, John, 195. 
Hanley, John, 161. 
Hanky, 36, 37, 38, 39i 4©. 
Happsworthy 170. 
Harding, Wm., 133. 
Hardy, Richd., 59. 
Har grave, 119, 141. 
Harker, Henry, 180. 
Harper, Richd., 179; Thos., 117; 

Timothy, 116, 117. 
Harpur-Hey {Hopehey), 25. 
Harrington, Eliz., 29b 
Harrison (Herryson), John, 71, 73 ; 

Wm., 60. 
Harwoody Little, no, in, 128, 129. 
Hase. Se^ Hayes. 
Haselden, John, 109 ; Roger, 109. 
Haselhurst, Alice, 159; Eliz., 159; 

Ellen, 159 bis; Ralph, 158, 

159 ; The Widow, 100. 
Hatch, Wm., 75. 
Hatherton, 132. 

Hatton, Henry, 104 ; Wm., 60. 
Hatton, 66, 67. 
Haugh, Geo., 146. 
Haughton (Hawghton), Anne, 121 ; 

James, 121 ; Nicholas, 121 ; 

Richd., 121 ; Saml., 148. 
Haughton, i68. 
Haughton West, 168. 
Haward, Gilbert, 165 ; Thos., 165. 
Hawarden, Thos., 23, 24, 27. 
Hawarden, 23, 90. 
Hawke, Robt., 166. 
Hawksleigh, 47. 
Haworth, Chas., III. 
Hay (Hey), Wm., 188. 
Haydock, Gilbert, 8 // «. ; Matthew 

8 et n, ; Wm., 71. 
Hayes (Hase), John, 127, 12S ; 

Maud, 128. 
Haynagenbotham. Sge Higginbbt- 

tom. 
Hayneson, John, 5. 
Hay worth, Wm., i6o. 

P 2 



212 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



v. 



HazelshaWy 30. 

Heald, EHz., 160. 

Helcock. See Elcock. 

Hellie (Helegh), Ralph, 79. 

Helsby, Bridget, 136 ; Dorothy, 
135) 136 ; Eliz., 149 ; Randle, 
135 ; Randolph, 135 ; Thos., 
\\letn. 

HeJsbyy 135. 

Helyn. See Heylen. 

Henburyy 31. 

Hearison, Ralph, 13. 

Henry, The Clerk, 7. 

Hereford^ yy et n. 

Herrison. See Harrison. 

Hert, Humphrey, 162. 

Hesken, Sir W., 165, 166. 

Hewer, Richd., 175. 

Heylen (Helyn), Thos., 173, 180. 

Heyton, Henry, 185. 

HeytoUy 24, 186. 

Hicock, Richd., 117, 118. 

Higginbottom, John, 79, 100. 

Higham, Thos., 3. 

High Leigh, See Leigh, 

Higson, Mgt., 127, 128 ; Margery, 
127, 128 ; Mary, 127 ; Richd., 
127; Wm., 127, 128. 

Hill, Ralph, 82. 

Hill Cliff, 155. 

Hilton, Ralph, 36 ; May, 141 bis; 
Wm., 175. 

Hindley, 132. 

Hitchen, Anthony, 107, 108 ; Elea- 
nor, 107 ; Mary, 107, 108. 

Hobbies (Hobs), Richd., 121. 

Hockenhull, Anne, 173; John, 172 
rl «., 173 ; Kath., 191 ; Mgt., 
173, 191 ; Margery, 173, 191 ; 
Peter, 173, 180 ; Ralph, 173, 
179; Richd., 173; Roger, 173; 

Wm., i73» 177, 179, 180, 191. 
Hockenhull^ \y2 et n., 180. 
Hoghthe. ^^ee Hough. 
Holcroft, John, 29 n, ; Sir John, 

93 ; Richd., 29 n, 
Holden, Sir James, 27 ; Mr., 1 10. 
Holdeii^ no. . 
Holford, John, 172 ; Margery, 57, 

61 ; Ralph, 172 ; Wm., 172. 
Holland, Adam, 149 ; Dennis, 13 ; 

Edw., 185 ; John, 61 ; Richd., 

75. 

Holland^ 176. 

Hollinprest (Holynpreste), James, 
61 his. 
, Holmes, Mgt., 59. 
Holtnewalfield, 47. 



Hondford (Handforth), Anne, 48 ; 

Ellen, 48 ; Mgt., 46 n. ; Wm., 

46 «., 48, 74. 
Honc^ord (Handforth), 46 et «., 56, 

59. 
Honsard, Sir John, 65. 
Hoole, 191, 195. 
Hooton, 36, 37, 39. 
Hope, Christian, 174 ; Peter, 174, 

175- 
Hopwood, Edmund, 96 ; John, 29 

«. ; Thos., 24. 
Hopwood, 96. 
Hopworth, Wm., 160. 
Horsfall, 60. 
Horton, John, 68 ; Samuel, 149 ; 

Thos., 68 ; Wm., 68. 
Horton, 147. 
Hough (Hoghe, Hoghthe), Sir 

Roger, 41 ; Thos., 41. 
Houghton, Hugh, 166 ; Kath., 166; 

Ottiwell, 166 ; Nephew, 155 ; 

Richd., 159, 160. 
Hovingham, 96. 
Howcroft, Anthony, 139. 
Howe, 192. 
Huett, Sybil, 30. 
Hul, Agnes, 4 bis; John, 4 ; Lucy, 

4; Mgt, 4 bis; Richd., 3, 4; 

Robt., 4 bis; Wm., 4 ; Yourd, 8. 
Hulme, , 131; Adam, 109; 

David, 158 ; Edmund, 186. 
Hulse, Anne, 152 bis; Hugh, 152 

bis; Sir Hugh, 30; Jane, 152; 

John, 152 bis; Ralph, 152; 

Randle, 152 ; Robt, 152 ; Thos., 

152 ; Wm., 152. 
Hulse, 163 n. 
Hulton, Adam, 24 bis, 73; Alice, 

24 bis, 25 ; Christopher, 24, 25, 

26, 27 ; Eliz., 24, 25 ; Geoffrey, 

13 ; George, 13 ; Honkyn, 13, 

15 ; James, 26 ; Jankyn, 13 ; 

Joan, 24, 27 ; John, 12 n., 13, 23 

et n, ; Margery, 12 «. ; Nicholas, 

13 ; Richd., 26 ; Robt, 26 ; 

Roger, 24 ; Thurston, 26 ; 

W. B., 23 n. 
Humston, Edw., 141. 
Hunt, Thos., 56, 59. 
Hunsterston, 132. 
Huntcote, no. 
Hunter, Mgt., 184. 
Huntington, John, 17 et n., 19. 
Hurdsfieldy 118. 
Hurlbot, Robt, 60 ; Thos., 60. 
Hurl ton, Roger, 179. 
Hurst, Ralph, 81. 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



213 



Hutt, Sir Thos., 41. 

Hutt, 130, 132. 

Hutton, 73, 75- 

Huxley, Geo., 147 ; Sir Hugh, 176, 

182 ; James, 59 ; Uncle, 137 ; 

Wm., 60. 
Huyton, 181, 182. 
Hyde, Christopher, 42. 
Hyndes, Brian, 61. 
Hyne, Parkyn, 13. 



I. 



INCE (Eince, Ines), Gilbert, 203 ; 

James, 108. 
Ince, 168. 
Irby, 177. 

Irdesley See Yeardsley. 
Ireland, Barbara, 131 bis, 132 ; 

Ellen, 182 ; Gilbert, 132 ; Sir 

Gilbert, 130, 131? 132, i49 ; Joan, 
158 ; John, 73, 131 bis, 132 ; Sir 
John, 158 ; Kath., 132, 158 ; 
Margery, 158 ; Thos., 132. 

Ireland, 10 n., 198. 

Irk, 20. 

Irlam, 24. 

Istillworth, 45. 

I tell, John, 60. 



J. 



Jackson, John, no; Sir Peter, 
189. 

Jellicose, Ralph, 102. 

Jessopp, Dr., 2 n, 

Jevan, John, 175. 

Jodrell, Agnes, \on,\ Alice, 11 ; 
Amy, 69, 82, 83 ; Anne, 11, 65 ; 
Barbara, 82, 83 ; Ellen, 80, 82 
^«, 83 3/5,84; Emma, 8 1 ; George, 
1 1 et n., 80 ; Grace, 82, 83 ; James, 
10 ; Joan, 1 1 ; John, 10, 64, 65, 
69, 81 ; Mgt., II, 64, 65, 69, 84 ; 
Martha, 82, 83 ; Mary, 82, 83 ; 
Nicholas, 10, 64, 65, 80 n. ; Oliver, 
II ; Ottiwell, 64, 65, 69, 80, 81 
bis, 82, 83 bis ; Ralph, 10 ; Roger, 
10 et 71., II, 65, 68, 69, 80, 82 ; 
Wm., 10 et n., 11. 

John, Abbot of Westminster, 58. 

Johnson, Ellen, 164 ; Geoffrey, 79 ; 
Wm., 61 ter, 94. 

Jones, John, 137, 138. 

Justas (Justes), Baldwin, 185 ; 
John, 186. 



K. 



Karynton. See Carrington. 
Keighley (Kyghley), John, 32 ; Sir 
H., 29 n, ; Peter, 109 ; Robt., 

159. 
Kelbert, Thos., 183. 

Keller mergh, 71. 

Kemp, Ralph, 61, 95. 

Kendal, Wm., 1 58. 

Kendrick (Kenericke), Alderman, 

137. 
Ken worthy, Wm., 83. 
Kettleshulme (Kedylsome), 81. 
Key, Amy, 137 ; Edmund, 31. 
Kidd (Kydde), Hugh, 185, 186. 
Kimesford, Oliver, 28 
Kinaston. See Kynaston. 
Kinersley, Thos., 74. 
Kings ley, 135. 
Kirkby, John, 203 ; Roland, 29 «. ; 

Wm., 70, 71 bis, 72. 
Kirkham, 70, 7 1 bis, 72. 
Kirke, Ottiwell, 81. 
Knolles, Christopher, 86 ; Edmund, 

81. 
Knowle (Knoell), Alice, 99. 
Knowle, 185. 
Knowsley, 176. 
Knutsford, Eliz., 81, 83. 
Knutsford, 83, 155. 
Kocker. See Cocker. 
Kokirham. See Cockerham. 
Kyghley. See Keighley. 
Kynaston, Cousin, 137 ; Mr., 149 ; 

Niece, 153. 



L. 



Ladds, Wm., 143 bis. 

Laithwaite, Andrew, 187. 

Lancaster, Joseph, 152. 

Langley, Cecile, 63, 191 ; Edmund, 
62 ; Eleanor, 62, 63 ; Joan, 63 
bis ; Lawrence, 62, 96 : Robt., 
62, 63, i()o et n., 191 ; Thos., 63 ; 
Wm., 63. 

Langton, John, 99 ; Margery, 99 ; 
Richd., 99, 191. 

Lathom (Lathum), , 114 ; Ed- 
mund, 124; Edw., 115, 203; 
Eleanor, 203 ; Eliz., 113, 115, 
116 ; Hugh, 73 ; Jane, 124 ; 
John, 115, 116, 124 ; Kath., 115 ; 
Mgt., 124 ; Margery, 203 ; Mary, 
124 ; Peter, 115 ; Philip, 203 ; 
Richd., 115 ; Robt, 203 ; Thos., 



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LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Ii8, 126, 176 ; Sir Thos., 202 et 
n. ; Wm., 115. 

Lalhom, 176, 186. 

Laurence, John, 73, 

La Warre, Thomas, Baron, 18, 58. 

Lawton, John, 186. 

Lawton^ 109. 

Leatherbape, Wm., 186. 

Leatherbarrow (Litherbarewe), 
Richd., 186. 

Ledam, Laurence, 43. 

Lediate. See Lydiatc. 

Ledsham, Hugh, 5. 

Leech (Leche), Chas., 119 //. ; 
John, 119/1., 120; Nathan, 144; 
Richd., 119 «. ; Wm., 119 et n.^ 
120, 121. 

Leejield, 88. 

Legurd, Wm., 1 57. 

Leigh (Lee, Legh, Ley), Alice, 22, 
75> 103, 104; Anna Maria, 156 ; 
Anne, 103, 104, 155 ; Anthony, 
88, 91 ; Betty, 149 ; Bridget, 91 ; 
Cousin, 138; Dorothy, 28, 148, 
149 ; Edward, 112, 117, 118 ; Sir 
Edward, 163 ; Eliz., 75, 93, 103, 
104, 155 ; Ellen, 103, 104 ; Emma, 
21 ; Fleetwood, 151 ; Francis, 
125; Gawen, 28, 88, 89, 91; 
George, 56, 98, 154, 155, 156, 
186 ; Garrard, 104 ; Gother, 32 ; 
Hamlet, 88, 89, 91 ; Henry, 148, 
149; Hugh Hindley, 155 ; Isa- 
bella, 21 ; Jane, 28, 91, 103, 104, 
148, 149 ; Joan, 21, 88, 89, 90, 
91 ; John, 22, 23, 30, 32, 91, 103, 
104, 116, 155 ; Sir John, 171 n. \ 
172 ; Julian, 91 ; Kath., 89, 91, 
103, 104, 114, 115, 117, 148, 149, 
I5<^> 155 ; Laurence, 124 ; Mgt., 
88, 91 ; Margery, 89 ; Mary, 28, 
75, 91, 148, 149; Mathew, 27, 
28, 124 ; Nancy, 149 ; Niece, 
149 ; Peter, 93, 199 n, ; Sir Peter, 
98, 112 «, 113, 114, 117, 118, 126 ; 
Piers, 31, 32, 35, 37, 73, 74, 75, 
76; Sir Piers, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 

yj, 38,39, 40,73, 74, 113, 117 ; 

Ralph, 73; Reginald, 13; Richd., 
7.\ etn, ; 22, 28, 32, 88, 89, 91, 93, 
94, 103, 104, 123, 124, 148, 197 ; 
Robt., 32, 106 ; Roger, 43, 45, 
56; Samuel, 155 ; Sarah, 155; 
Thos., 21, 22, 23, 91, 103, 104, 
113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 124, 
125, 126, 148, 149, 150, 154, 155, 
156 ; Wm., 84, 91, 113, 155, 177. 
Leigh, 29, 108, 149. 



Leigh, High, 21, 22, 23, 88, 91, 93> 

103, 104, 124, 148, 149 154. 
Lentworthf 128, 129. 
Lever (Leaver), Sir Gilbert, 27 ; 

John, 145, 146; Ralph, 145, 146 ; 

Thos., 146. 
Lever, Little , 144, 145. 
Lewes, John, 189. 
Lewins, Reginald, 74 ; Roger, 36; 

Thos., 69, 73. 
Lewis, Wm., 135. 
Leycester, John, 23 ; Peter, 23 ; 

Sir Peter,! 2 «., 15 «.; Ralph, 41 ; 

Thos., 23 ; Wm., 23. 
Leycester, St. Martins, 16 ; Vicar 

of, 16. 
Leyland, Sir Wm., 29 n. 
Ley land, 151. 
Lichfield, Church of, i. 
Linacre (Lynaker), Thos., 193. 
Lincoln's Inn^ 96. 
Linsley, Kath., 181 ; Thos., 181. 
Liptrott (Lyptrote), Anne, 121 ; 

Eliz., 121 ; Janet, 121 ; Kath., 

121 ; Mgt, 121 ; Wm., 109, 121. 
Litherland (Litherlond), Peers, 

186 ; Richd., 202. 
Liverpool, 155, 156, 182, 193 et «., 

194. 
Livesey (Levesey, Levesley), Mary, 

130; Ralph, 186; Roger, 186; 

Thos., 130 
Llelyn, Janet, 87. 

Llewelyn, David ap Griffith ap, 87. 
Lloyd, Geo., Bp. of Chester, 117, 

118. 
London, 35, 38, 39, 45, 58, loi, 11 1, 

116, 129, 133, 138, 143, 147, 157. 
Longley, Ralph, 12 ; Thos., 29 «. 
Longton, Thos., 78. 
Lostock, 24. 
Lother, Jane, 1 19 «. 
Lowe, Sir Edward, 183 ; Richd., 

176. 
Lowe, Chapel of, 124. 
Lussell, Thos., 97. 
Lydiate (Lediate), Thos., 186. 
Lydiate, 202 n. 
Lyme, 22, 31, 37, 38, 39, 155, 199 «., 

201. 
Lynton, John, 9. 
Lyon, Saml., 150 
Lyster, Richd., 45. 



M. 



Macclesfield, Adam, 3 ; Cecile* 
2 ; Isabelle, 2 ; John, 2, 3, 5 ^?/ «., 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



215 



6 ; Jordan, 2, 3, 5 et «., 6 ; Mgt., 
5 ; Marion, 5 ; Millicent, i, 2, 3, 
5 ; Richd., 1,3; Robt., i ; Roger, 
2, 3> 5 «. ; Thos., I et //., 3 //., 5 «. 
Macclesfield^ i> 3? 5> 6, 7, ii, 30 «., 

42,43,47,65,78, 79,84, 151- 
Madder, Janet, 13. 
Maddock, George, 128 ; Henry, 

109. 
Maelor Sarsnecky i et n, 
Mainwaring, , 1 14 ; Hugh, 60 ; 

John, 60 ; Kath., 47 ; Ralph, 

128; Robert, 193; Roger, 60; 

Thos., 31, 127. 
Mair, Henry, 151 ; Mary, 151. 
Manchester, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 46 «., 

47, 48, 49, 56, 57, 63, 94, 95, 104, 

105, 129, 142, 143, 149, 150, 176 ; 

College of Blessed Mary, 19 ; 

College of Christ, 143. 
Manley, 132. 
Mann, Christopher, 121 ; Eliz., 

121 ; Ellen, 121 ; James, 121 ; 

Wm., 121, 122. 
Manning, John, 108. 
Mapleton, Agnes, 20 ; Isabella, 20 ; 

John, 20. 
Marbury, Anthony, 139. 
Markham, Eliz., 153. 
Marler, Thos., 79. 
MarpUy 126. 
Marsden, Hugh, no, in ; Mgt., 

130 ; Margery, 130 ; Miles, 130. 
Marston, Henry, 139. 
Martin, Alex., 56. 
Marlon, n8. 
Marton Sand, 127. 
Mason, Geo., 181 ; John, 146, 181 ; 

Mgt., 181 ; Roger, 181 ; Thos., 

181 ; Wm., 181. 
Massey (Masse, Massie), Alice, 

197 ; Geoffrey, 12, 13, 14 ; Sir 
Geoffrey, \ietn.^ '5, 23 ; George, 

107, 196, 197 ; Hamlet, 23, 132 ; 
James, 13, 132 ; Jane, 106 ; John, 

12 etn.y 13, 14, 15, 106, 107, 196, 
197, 198 ; Sir John, 12 «. ; Mgt, 

13 ; Margery, 12, 13, 14, 15, 197 ; 
Mary, 106 ; Morgan, 20 ; Richd., 
132, 197 ; Thos., 106; Wm., 12, 
13, 14, 106, 107, 180, 195, 196, 
198. 

Masterston, Anne, 197. 

Mather, Anne, 122 ; pUen, 121 ; 
Ellen, alias Morton, 121 ; Geoffrey, 
121, 122 ; James, 121 ; John, 121, 
184; Robt., 121, 122; Simon, 
121 ; Simon, alias Morton, 121. 



Mawdsley, Henry, 1 10, 1 1 1 ; Roger, 

151. 
Meakin, Wm., 138. 
Medoall, John, 186. 
Mekeying, John, 133. 
Mellor, Richd., 81. 
Meoles, John, 197 ; Thos., 197. 
Mercer, Alex., 6 ; Ellen, 130 ; 

Richd., 130. 
Mere (Meyre), Alice, 173 ; John, 

23 ; Whl, 23. 
Middlesex^ 45. 
Middlewich, 152, 153, 163, 164, 171 

et n. ; Dean of, 10, 31. 
Miles, John, iii. 

Millington, Robt., 118 ; Wm., 61. 
Mills, Geo., 116. 
Milton^ 107. 

Minshull (Minshone), Jane, 108 ; 
John, 93, 133, I72«.,i73 ; Margery, 
172 «, Thos., 138, 173; Wm., 173. 

Minshull, 172 «., 173. 

Mold^ 87, 89, 90 ; Church of, 90. 

Molds worth (Molde worth), Richd., 

23- 
Molesdale^ 87. 

MollardS' Green, 104. 

Mollington, jy et n, 

Molyneux (Molenex), Anne, 162 ; 

Edw., 33, 37, 162; Sir Thos., 162; 

Sir Wm., 35, 38, 39, 162. 
Moneley, Nicholas, 178 ; Richd., 

178. 
Monialibs, Symon, 4. 
Moor e by y 94. 

Moors, Henry, 140, 141. 
Mordant, Agnes, 119 ; Wm., 119, 
More, John, 81, 83. 
Morecroft, Brian, 162 ; Thos., 186. 
Moreton, John, 5 «., 31 ; Mgt., 5 «. ; 

Richd., 5 n. 
Moreton^ 31, 191. 
Morgell, Edw., 133. 
Morris, John, 125 ; Richd., 13. 
Morton, alias Mather, Ellen, 121 ; 

Simon, 121. 
Moss, Geo., 41 ; Henry, 108, 109 ; 

Isabel, 108, 109, no; John, 59, 

68, 108, 109, 1 10 ; Sir John, 63 ; 

Richd., 109. 
Mossock, Sir W., 72. 
Moston, Thos., 178 ; Wm., 178. 
Moston^ 94. 
Mottram, Ralph, 102. 
Mot tram {Mot kail) ^ 2, 6, 16. 
Moulding, Wm., 198. 
Moulson, Thos., 136, 137, 138, 

139. 



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LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Mowson, Amy, loi. 
Moyle, Wm., 109. 



N. 



Nantwich^ 20, 138, 139, 171. 

Naylor, Wm., 32. 

Needham, Sir Robt., 116. 

Neldes, John, 59. 

Nelson, Thos., 184. 

Nesion, 119, 165. 

Nether Somerford. See Sotnerford, 

Nether Tabley. See Tabley. 

Netheraldport^ 18. 

Nevell, Thos., 68. 

Newall, Ellen, 160; Robt., 160, 

187. 
Newcastle^ Brothers of, 7. 
Newcome, Henry, 143. 
Newport, John, 29 «. 
New steady 96. 
Newton, Humphrey, 65, 74; Sir 

John, 170 ; Juliana, 201 w.; Peter, 

201 n. 
Newton, 152, 153, 164, 196. 
Nicholas, Richd., 171. 
Nickson, Richd., 64. 
Nicolls, Landlord, 148. 
Nightingale, John, 127 ; Peter, 128 ; 

Ralph, 128. 
Noden, Thos., 138. 
Norbury, John, 192. 
Norres, Janet, 13 ; Joan, 199 n, 
Norris, Eliz., 91. 
Northampton^ 154. 
Northwichy 128, 160. 
Northwoody 21, 22, 154. 
Norton y 148. 
Nostell, 48. 
Nowell (Nowuell), Christopher, 187, 

188. 
Nutter, Ellen, 123 ; Henry, alias 

Parker, 122. 



O. 



Oakenshaw, Wm., 150. 

Oclegh, John, 6 ; Robt., 6. 

Okell, Jesse, 140, 141 ; Robt., 141 ; 

Rose, 141 ; Samuel, 141. 
Okelye, 119. 
Okinbothaniy 24. 
Okynshawe. See Openshawe . 
Ollerton, 155. 

Ones worth. See Uns worth. 
Openshawe (Okynshawe), 24. 



Ordishally 36, 52. 
Ormerod, Dr., 12 n. 
Ormskirky 166, 182, 202. 
Orrell, Ralph, 73 ; Robt., 32. 
Orte. See Awarte. 
Osbalston, Sir Alex., 70, 71, 72. 
OswaldSy St, (^Yorkshire), 48, 55. 
Otie (Otey), Richd., 173, 180. 
Oufrhtrington, 40, 154, 155. 
Oulton Lottie, 127. 
Over, 127, 128. 
Overaldporty 18. 
Overburton, 73. 

Over Somerford. See Somerford. 
Overton, I, 2. 

Owen, Geo., 153 ; John, 153. 
Ojtford, Brasenose College, 41 «., 
44, 45, 77 rt,, 78. 



P. 



Palin, Thos., 59. 

Par bold, 114, 126. 

Parke, Ellen, 125. 

Parker, Henry, alias Nutter, 122 ; 

Niece, 155 ; Wm., 100, 116, 155. 
Parr, Sir Hugh, 173 ; John, 13. 
Parry, Jane, 182. 
Parsons, Ralph, 197. 
Parte, John, 133. 
Partington, Anne, 121 ; Hobson, 

142 ; Janet, 121 ; John, 121, 142 ; 

Marie, 121 ; Mary, 142, 143 ; 

Sarah, 142, 143, 144 ; Wm., 121. 
Patten (Petten), Geo., 148, 149. 
Pavye, John, 90. 
Peacock, James, 160. 
PecJtham, 43. 
Peele, 27, 70. 
Peers, Maud, 56. 
Pendlebur)-, Henry, 143. 
Penketh, Robt., 128 ; Thos., 29 «. 
Penketman, Hamlet, 87. 
Perceval (Percival), C. S., 18 «. ; 

John, 183 ; Richard, 143. 
Pewe. See Pugh. 
Philip, 4. 

Pickerell, Ralph, 175. 
Pickmere, Agnes, 163, 164 ; John, 

164 ; Ralph, 163, 164 : Randle, 

163 et n.; Wm., 163, 164. 
Pic ton, 66, 67. 
Piecroft, Richd., 95. 
Pigott (Pigote), Sir Richd., 5 ; 

Roger, 178. 
Pimet, Sir Thos., 71, 73. 
Pinnington, Roger, 189. 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



217 



Pinnington^ 108, 109. 
Piatt, Adam, 190 ; Sir Adam, 168. 
Plemonstall (Plemstowe), 85, 195. 
PlumptoUy 185. 
Plumptree, Wm., 73. 
PoUet, Agnes, 59 ; James, 145, 146 ; 
Kath., 145, 146; Robt., 145, 146. 

Poole, , 197 ; Thos., 133. 

Poorte, John, 45. 

Pott, Emma, 81 ; John, 81, 83, 84. 

Potter, Lawrence, 185, 186. 

Paulton, 72. 

Povall (Povere), Mgt., 7 ; Wm., 7. 

Powell, Rev. Edw., 202 n. 

Pownall, John, 81 ; Lawrence, 81, 

83. 
Prachett, John, 139 ; Margery, 

139. 
Prenton, 173, 177, 179, 180, 191. 

Prescott^ 176 «., 182, 184, 185. 

Prestbury^ 5, 6, 7. 

Preste, Hugh, 175. 

Preston, 71, 153; Friars, Minor 

of, 203. 
Prestwich, 12, 62, 63. 
Price, Thos., 1 19 n. 
Proctor, Jane, 125. 
Proudlove, Richd., 139. 
Puddington, 107, 180, 195, 196. 
Pugh (Pewe), Widow, 197. 
Pulford, 170. 



Q. 

Quiston. See Whiston. 
Qwytteff. See Whytteoff. 



R. 

J?aby, 177. 

Radcliffe, Sir Alex., 29 et n, 36, 52, 

58 ; Eliz., 29 ; Isabel, 27 ; Richd., 

27 ; Sir Wm., 96, 191. 
Radford, John, 190. 
Ranton, Anne, 137 ; Eliz., 138 ; 

Nicholas, 137 ; Rebecca, 137 ; 

Thos., 137. 
Rathbone, Ellen, 182 ; Sir John, 

183 ; Kath., 182 ; Mgt., 182 ; 

Richd., 182. 
Ravald, Nicholas, 18 ; Wm., 20. 
Raven, Wm., 137, 138. 
Ravenock, Wm., 3. 
Ravenscroft, 171 et n. 
Rawlinson, Hugh, 60; Richd., 186. 
Rawstorne. See Rostheme. 



Rea, John, 112. 

Read, Geo., 138, 139. 

Redich, James, 144. 

Redmayne, Brian, 29 «. ; Edw., 73 ; 

Henry, 74 ; Thos., 29 w. 
Rees, Mgt. verch Jevan ap, 87. 
Rhymington, 197. 
Richardson, Thos., 161. 
Richmond, 154. 
Ricroft, Adam, 184; Ciceley, 184; 

Eliz., 184 ; Grace, 184 ; Roger, 

184 ; Wm., 184. 
Rider, Wm., 154. 

Rigg^, 45. 

Rimmer (Rummer), Hamlet, 178. 

Rishton. See Rushton. 

Rivers, Lord, 42. 

Rixton, 23, 132. 

Robert, Mgt. verch, 87. 

Roberts, John, iii ; Richd., 137^ 

138, 139. 
Robertson, Richd., 88. 
Robinson, John, 167, 175. 
Roby, 182. 
Rodon, Wm., 85. 

Rostheme (Rawstorne), John, 124. 
Rostheme (Rawstorne), 21, 22, 88» 

90, 104, 124, 154, 156. 
Rothweliy 69. 
Rowe, Alice, 79 ; Edmund, 78, 79 ; 

Eliz., 78 ; Isabel, 79 ; John, 78 ; 

Mgt., 79 ; Ralph, 78 ; Richd., 6^ 

78, 79 ; Werebur, 79 ; Wm., 78. 
Rowland, Francis, 137. 
Rowley, Alice, 98, 99. 
Rummer. Sec Rimmer. 
Rumworth, 24. 
Rushton (Rishton, Rysheton), Wm.^ 

96, no. 
Russell, Richd., 166. 
Rutter, Alice, 17 ; Cecile, 17 ; Joan, 

17 ; Richd., 17 ; Thos., 17 ; Wm.^ 

17. 
Rydley, The Heirs of, 60. 

Ry lands, J. Paul, 199. 

Ryles, John, 59 ; Thos., 59, 60. 

Rysheton. See Rushton. 



S. 



Saighton, yy, 78. 

St. Eloy, Peter, 157. 

Saint GileS'in-the-Fields, 43, 45. 

Sale, 46, 197. 

Salford, 15, 18. 

Salisbury, Thos., 90. 

Sandbach, 136, 138,139. 



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LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



Sankey, Sir Hugh, 28 ; Ralph, 27. 

Sauvhall Massey^ 187 n. 

Savage, Christopher, 30 n, ; £liz., 
30 //. ; John, 199 «. 

Savill (Sayvill), Robt., 60. 

Scarsbrick, Gilbert, 202 ; Henry, 
202, 203, 204 ; Richd., 202. 

Scarsbricky 202. 

Scinderland, Mr., 138. 

Scott (Skot), Gilbert, 187 ; Lau- 
rence, 13 ; Sir Ralph, 184. 

Sefton, 116; Roger, 189 ^^ «. 

Sefton, 33, 37, 162 

Sergeant, John, 202 ; Wm. 74. 

Seynlowe^-y 82, 83. 

Shacklocke, Alice, 95 ; Eliz., 95 ; 
Robt., 94, 95 ; Thos., 94, 95. 

Shakerley, Peter, 29 //. 

Shalcrosse, Anthony, 69, 84 ; Leo- 
nard, 69. 

Sharpe, Sir Thos., 179. 

Sharpies, Anne, 146 ; James, 146; 
John, 130, 146 ; Mary, 14$, 146 ; 
Richd., 144, 145, 146. 

Sharte, James, 82 ; John, 81. 

Shaw, Eliz., 151 ; Hannah, 151 ; 
Peter, 151; Robt., 116; Thos., 
116 ; Wm., 151. 

Shepherd, Arthur, 1 54. 

Sherburn, Niece, 126, 

Sherd, Nicholas, 10, 11. 

Sherlicar (Shurlaker), John, 186. 

Sherlicom, Nicholas, 72. 

Sherll, John, 83. 

Sherlock, Wm., 133. 

Sherrington, Sir James, 72, 73. 

Shevington, 150. 

Sheynton, Randle, 60 ; Thos., 59. 

Shoiwick, 172 «., 173, 179, 180. 

Shrigleyy 6. 

Shrilacies, Sir Gilbert, 183. 

Shropshire^ ^ \ Friars, Minor of, i. 

Sidbrighty 130. 

Simpson, John, 103. 

Sion^ Monastery of, 43, 44, 45. 

Slingsby^ 96. 

Smalley, Timothy, 156. 

Smetheley, Sir James, 24, 27. 

Smith (Smyth), Christopher, 97 ; 
Edmund, 97 ; Edw., 193 ; John, 
127 ; Robt., 32, 197, 198 ; Samuel, 
141 ; Wm., 88, 141, 150. 

Snede, Richd., 45 ; Thos., 56. 

Snithilly 24. 

Somerford Booths^ 30 «. 

Somerfordy Nether^ 30. 

Somcrfordy Over^ 30, 118, 119 «., 
198. 



Sorocold (Sorrowcold), James, 109, 

122. 
Southwarky iii. 
South worth, Ralph, 109 ; Thos. 

158. 
Speed, David, 133. 
Spekcy 71. 

Spenser, Robt., 202. 
Spurs to we, Eleanor, 102 ; Geo., 

loi, 102 ; Ralph, 87, loi ; Richd., 

102. 
Spurstowcy 20, 66, 67, 68, 100, 102, 

137, 152, 153- 

Stabbes, Robt., 31. 

Stafford, John, 81. 

Staffordshire y 98, 114. 

Stancliffe, Sir Richd., 175. 

Standish, Edmund, 8. 

Standishy 113, 126. 

Stanley, Anne, 46 «., 56 ; Ellen, 
98 ; James, Bp. of Ely, 46 «., 48 ; 
John, 46 lUy 47 ; Sir John, 46 et n.^ 
47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 
59 ; Mgt., 46 «., 47, 48, 54, 55, 5^, 
57 ; Randle, 178; Sir Rowland, 
189 ; Thos., Lord, 14 ; Wol, 78 ; 
Sir Wm., 35, 36', 37, 38, 39- 

Stanton, Henry, 178. 

Starkey, Geoffrey, 21 ; John, 29 if. 

Stathatfiy 201. 

Staveley (Staulegh), Eliz., 16 ». ; 
John, 16 ; Ralph, iGeln, ; Robt., 
$ el n. ; Thos., 16. 

Stay ley (Stanleg), 2etn, 

Stephens, Anne, 137 ; Edw., 136, 
137 ; Henry, 178, 179 ; John, 
137, 138 ; Thos., 136, 138. 

Stevens, Henry, 157. 

Stock, James, 96. 

Stockley, Hamnet, 81. 

Stockporty Anchorite of, 7. 

Stockwelly 73. 

Stoke y 47, 161. 

Stoke Bruerne {Northampton)y 154. 

Stragg, Agnes, 30. 

Strait barren. Sir Thos., 170. 

Strange, John, 109. 

Stratford, Nicholas, 143 ; Wm., 

154. 
Strettoriy 21. 

Stringer, Sir Wm., 71, 73. 

Stubbs, Samuel, 153. 

Suffolk, Eliz., Duchess of, 42. 

Sumner (Sumnor), Agnes, 6. 

Sumners, Henry, 118. 

Sutton, Geo., 44, 45 ; Matilda, 1 1 
n, ; John, 6, 1 1 «., 36, 42, 43, 44, 
45 ; Richd., 45 ; Sir Richd., 41 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



219 



*^*' '^-j 43> 46 ; Thos., 44 ; Wm., 

44, 185. 
Sutton^ II //., 41 «., 42, 44, 45, 180. 

Swan, John, 104 ; Richd., 104. 

Swansey, Edward., 97 ; Hugh, 97 ; 

John, 97 ; Robt., 97. 
Swettenham, Agnes, 9, 10 ; Alice, 

7; Cecile, 7, 8; Edmund, 118, 

1 19 ; Eliz., 30, 31, 1 18 ; Laurence, 

iig el n. ; Peter, 9 ; Randle, 7 ; 

Roger, 7, 9 ei «., 10, 30 el n. ; 

Thos., 7, 8, 30 ; Wm., 30 el «., 

31, 118. 
Swinehead, 27, 88, 90, 103, 123, 

148, 149. 
Symonds, Wm., 139. 



T. 



Tabley, Adam, 199 cl ;;., 200 u. ; 

Kath., 199 el n,, 200 //. ; Mgt., 

199 //. ; Margery, 199 ; Wm., 

199 el n.y 200 n. 
T^ad/eVy 200 el n., 201 el n, 
Tabley Nelher^ 23. 
Tackessall, 10, 11, 64, 65, 68,69, 80, 

81, 82. 
Talbot, Nicholas, 42. 
Tarbuck, Frances, 98, 100 ; Mgt., 

98. 
TarpjrUy, 153, 167. 
Tarvin^ 173. 
Tatlock, James, 186. 
T'allenhally 108. 
Tatton, 12 <?/«., 14, 15 //. 
Taylor (Taillior), Edmund, 114; 

Hawys, 83 ; James, 61 ; Jane, 

193 ; John, 175 ; Ralph, 84 ; 

Thos., 180 ; Wm., 160. 
Thomas, Sir, 4. 
Thomasson, Geo., 109 ; John, 61 ; 

Robt., 61. 
Thorley, James, 198 ; Laurence, 

198. 
Thornburgh, Nicholas, 73. 
Thornton, Alice, ion. ; Robt., 10 n. 
Thornlon-U'MoorSy 187. 
Thurslaslon, 177, 179. 
Tildeley, John, 143. 
Ti'desley^ 1 21. 
Tipping, Geo., 105, 106 ; Isabel, 

105, 106 ; John, 105, 106 ; Richd., 

104, 106 ; Samuel, 105, 106. 
Titherington, Thos., 3. 
TilheringlOHy 6. 
Tiverton, 66, 67. 



Tofkin^lon, 47. 

Toltenhall Courl, 45. 

Tottie, Henry, 177. 

Townley, Henry, 96 ; Lawrence, 

123 ; Richd., 123 ; Robt., 123. 
Trafford, Christopher, 84; Edmund, 

41, 47, 49, 52, 54, 55, 5^, 58, 191 ; 
Sir Edmund, 74, 191 ; Eliz., 85, 86; 
Ellen, 85 ; Henry, 40, 41 ; Jane, 
85, 86 ; Mgt., 86 ; Margery, 86 ; 
Mary, 86 ; Thos., 84, 119; Wm., 

33, 37, 197. 
Trafford, 41, 47. 

Trafford Bridge, 84, 85, 86, 188. 

Tranmere, 191. 

Travers, Henry, 147 ; John, 147 his; 

Mary, 147 ; Rebecca, 147 ; Thos., 

147. 
Travis, James, 105. 

Tunstall, Cuthbert, Bp. of London, 

35, 38, 39, 58 ; Francis, no ; Sir 

Marmaduke, 75. 
Tunston, James, 189. 
Turner, Richd., 61 ; Mr. 137. 
Twemlow, 82, 83. 
Twisse, John, 134 ; Mgt., 134 ; 

Richd., 134, 135. 
Tcvisse Green, 185. 
Tyldesley, Margery, 13 ; Thos., 

27 ; Thurstan, 26, 27, 29 1., 33, 

37, 71. 



U. 



Unsworth (Onessworth), John, 

160. 
Upton, J., 3. 
Uplon, 195. 



V. 



Valentine, Alice, 13 ; Henry, 13 ; 

John, 13 ; Thos., 24. 
Vale Royal, Abbot and Convent of, 

70, 71. 
Vaudrey (Vawdrey), Edw., 117 ; 

John, 107. 
Venables, Eliz., 90 ; Ellen, 90 ; 

Mary, 89 ; Richd., 89, 90, 197 ; 

Thos., 90 ; Sir Thos., 197, 
Vernon, Joan, loi ; Wm., 165, 

171. 

W. 



Wadylof, Alice, 7. 
Wales, 2.' ^ 



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Waleyhridge ^ 69. 

Walker, Anne, 182 ; Ellen, 182 ; 

John, 175 ; Mgt., 182 ; Margery, 

182; Richd., 182, 197 ; Wm., 139. 
Wall, Wm., 73. 
Wallasey^ 197, 198. 
Walmsley, Geo., 1 1 1 ; Henry, in; 

Mr. Justice, no ; Thos., 9i6. 
Walter, Robt., 41. 
Walton^ 154, 182. 
Walton Churchy 193 n, 
Walton-in-the-DaUy 96,97, 124, 150. 
Warburton, Amy, 141 ; Hamlet, 

104; Sir Peter, 117, 201 «. ; 

Piers, 23. 
Warford, 197. 
Waring, Henry, 165. 
Warren, Sybil, 57, 61. 
Warrington, James, 81. 
Warrington, 35, 135, 148, 149, 152, 

202 ; Augustine Friars of, 203 ; 

Brothers of, 6, 7. 
Warton, John, 178; Robt., i8a 
War ton, 140. 
Water, The, 79. 
Water St., Liverpool, 193 n. 
Watts, Wm., 153. 
Wavertree, 182. 
Weaver, Thos., 153. 
Webster, John, 156; Robt., 185 

bis. 
Weld, John, 167. 
We I trough, 163. 
West, Reginald, 18. 
Westby (Wesbie), John, 198. 
Westby Hall, Kirkham, 70, 72. 
Westhoughton, 168. 
West Kirby, 177, 178, 192 «., 196, 

198. 
Westleigh, 109, 121. 
Westminster, 4,6 n,, 54, 55, 59, in ; 

Abbot of, 58. 
Westmorelarid, 73. 
Wethnall, Wm., 167. 
Wetnall, 127. 
Whaley, 81. 
Whalley, Christopher, in ; John, 

III, 112, 130 ; Laurence, in ; 

Robt., 123; Thos., Ill, 130. 
Whalley, 10 w. ; Abbot of, 13. 
Wheelock, 136. 
Whitby, Edw., 121 ; Robt., 119; 

Thos., 120, 121. 
White (Whit), Frances, 99 ; Thos., 

173- 
Whit eg ate, 127. 

Whitehead, Edmund, 180 ; John, 

60, 189. 



Whitleg, John, 61. 
Whitley, J., 150. 
Whitley, 114. 

Whitmore, Henry, 178 ; John, 177, 
178, 179, 192 ; Thos., 179 ; Wm., 

178, 179. 
Whitston, (Quyston), 181, 184, 185. 
Whittingham, Richd., 151.' 
Whittington, John, 74. 
Whittle, John, 122 ; Robt., 122, 

133 ; Robt., alias Brownlow, 122. 
Whyk, John, 6. 
Whytlof, Adam, 6 ; Alice, 7 ; Mgt., 

5 ; Randle, S, 6 ; Richard, 6 ; 

Wm., 6. 
Whytteoff (Qwytteff), Wm., 161. 
Wich Brook, 163. 
Wich Malbank, See Nantwich. 
Wigan, John, 109. 
Wifiafi, 74, 167, 168, 183. 
Wilbraham (Wilbrome), Blessen, 

178 ; Humphrey, 60 ; Richd., 

179 ; Wm., 59, 60, 201. 
Wilkinson, 60 ; John, 103 ; Ralph, 

30 ; Wm., 89. 
Williamson, Anne, 139; Sir Geo., 

183 ; Robt., 176 ; Wm., 143, 144. 
Wilme (Wylme), Wm., 40. 
Wilmott (Willmat), Ralph, 103 ; 

Wm., 103. 
Wilmsloe, 40, 41. 
Winnington, John, 161 ; Robt., 

161. 
Winnington, 100. 
Winsford Br id if e, 164. 
Winstanley, Robt., 151. 
Winterbottom, John, 134. 
Winwick,2fS', 126, 159, 160 ; Church 

of, 34, 76, 113, 134. 
Wirral, IIQ, 153, 189. 
Witter, Agnes, 167 ; Eliz., 167 ; 

Ellen, 167 ; Jane, 167 ; Thos., 167; 

Wm., 167. 
Witton, 160, 164. 
Wolmer, Jane, 43. 
Wolmesbrug, 7. 
Wolsott, Doctor, 78. 
Wood, Joshua, 153 ; Mary, 148, 

149, 153; Wm., 168. 
Woodcock, Wm., 97. 
Woodcroft, Robt., 8. 
Woodruffe, Wm., 80. 
Woodward, Richd., 60. 
Woodwere, David, 59. 
Woolfold, 182. 
Woolton, Much, 132. 
Woosey, Wrightington, 151. 
Wooten, Doctor, in. 



INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES. 



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Wordeley^ 27. 
Workesley, Robt., 27. 
Worsley, James, 13, 29 «. ; Sir 
James, 74 ; Jane, 99 ; Ralph, 13, 
179 ; Robt., 13. 
Worsley^ 14. 
Woswall, Alice, 198. 
Woullowe, Edw., 82. 
Wrenburyy 15. 
Wright, Chas., 171 «. ; Mgt., 171 

II, \ Wm., 60. 
Wyersdale, Over^ 128, 129. 
Wylmesleye, Geo., 82. 



Y. 



Yaiton, See Eaton, 

Yale, David, 124. 

Yarlett, 114, 115. 

Yate, John, 186. 

Yeardsley (Irdesley), 10 //., 11, 64, 

68, 80, 82. 
Yevynson. Sec Evan son. 
Yonge, Lady, 131 ; Richd., 193. 
York^ 10 «., 16 1., 18, 96 ; Archbp., 

of, 18. 
Yorkshire^ 48, 96. 



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Report for the Year 1893-94. 

Read at the Annual Meetings held in the Audit Room of the 
Chetham Hospital^ Manchester^ October 2nd, 1894. 



Since the last Annual Meeting, held on the 30th 
November, 1893, three volumes have been delivered to the 
members. These are Vol. XXVI. Royalist Composition 
Papers, Lancashire, Vol. II., C to F; Vol. XXVII. 
Lancashire Lay Subsidies, Vol. I., Henry III. to Edward I., 
1 2 16-1307 ; and Vol. XXVI 1 1. Plundered Ministers* 
Accounts, Part I., 1649-1654. 

The first of these, the " Royalist Composition Papers for 
Lancashire," Vol. II., is in continuation of Vol. XXIV., fully 
described in the last Annual Report, and like that volume, 
it has been edited by the Rev. J. H. Stanning, M.A., Vicar 
of Leigh. As already stated, these Papers relate to the 
property of the Royalists, who, between the years 1643 and 
1660, had their estates confiscated by the Parliamentary 
party then in power, and were only allowed to redeem them 
by a heavy fine or composition. They supply many useful 
genealogical particulars, as well as much curious historical 
information, and they are certain to be extensively used by 
all writers on local and family history. They have been 
arranged in strict alphabetical order, and this volume 
contains the Papers for the letters C, D, E, and F. Those 
relating to James Stanley, seventh Earl of Derby, " the 
martyred Earl," as he is usually called, are exceedingly 
voluminous, filling over 120 printed pages. They are very 
important, as they not only relate to his estates in Lanca- 
shire, Cheshire, Flintshire, the Isle of Man, &c., &c., but also to 
the large quantity of plate, household goods, &c., found in the 
Isle of Man, of which a complete inventory is here for the 
first time printed. Other interesting Papers in this volume 
are those relating to the Clifton and Fleetwood families, 
the Copyholders of Clitheroe, and the Poor of Cuerden. At 
the end of Vol. III., now in the press, a full index of both 
names and places will be given. 

The second volume, the " Lancashire Lay Subsidies," 
Vol. I., 1 2 16- 1 307, has been edited by Mr. J. A. C. Vincent. 
This book, which has been several years in preparation, not 



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only contains an account of the early Lay Subsidies relating 
to Lancashire, but is full of much valuable information 
relating to the general taxation of the country in the 
thirteenth century. It will, therefore, be found of more than 
usual interest for all students of the early history of 
England, as it contains a mass of information taken from 
original records, which has never previously been printed. 
There is a very full Introduction and Index, both of which 
will be found useful. 

The third volume, the " Plundered Ministers' Accounts 
for Lancashire and Cheshire," Part I., 1643-1654, has been 
edited by Mr. W. A. Shaw, M.A. The information here 
printed from the original documents in the Record Office, 
London, the British Museum, and the Bodleian Library, 
Oxford, relate to the period of the Civil War, when the 
clergy of the parish churches in all parts of the country, 
who supported the Royalist side, were ejected from their 
livings, and their places supplied by those who were in 
sympathy with the Parliamentary party, then slowly 
gaining the upper hand. There is, therefore, hardly a 
parish in Lancashire and Cheshire of which some interesting 
particulars will not here be found, and that, too, relating to 
a time when, owing to the Civil War, the parish registers 
are very imperfect. The documents contained in this volume 
-come down to 1653, and in the second Part they will be 
■continued to the year 1660. In that Part will also be 
printed a series of valuable records which Mr. Shaw has 
been fortunate enough to discover in the Record Office and 
at the Lambeth Library. 

The volumes now ready for the press are the third 
volume of the ** Royalist Composition Papers for Lanca- 
shire," and the second and concluding part of the 
■** Plundered Ministers' Accounts for Lancashire and Cheshire." 
In addition to these the attention of the Council has been 
directed to a series of very valuable transcripts of early 
Lancashire and Cheshire Wills, none of the originals of which 
are now to be found in any Court of Probate, These have 
been transcribed by Mr. J. P. Earwaker from the originals, 
which he met with from time to time amongst the family 
and other muniments, which he has had the opportunity of 
examining during the past ten or fifteen years. They relate 
to all parts of the two counties, and supply very useful 
genealogical and historical information, not to be found 
elsewhere. They will, it is estimated, form two volumes, 
and it has been decided to print them, and they will be put 
in hand very shortly. 



Report of the Society. 



In the last Report it was stated it had not been found 
possible to proceed with the printing of the " Clitheroe Court 
Rolls," but that it was probable that they might be printed 
by subscription instead. The Council have now much 
pleasure in stating that Mr. W. Ecroyd, who has very care- 
fully transcribed these early Rolls, has decided to print them 
by subscription, and that the first volume is now more than 
half finished. This will contain the proceedings of the 
Halmote Court for the manors of Chatburn, Worston and 
Pendleton (held twice in each year at Clitheroe Castle) down 
to the year 1 567, as well as those for the manor of Colne 
down to the same date. Other similar Court Rolls will 
appear in subsequent volumes, so that in a short time much 
very valuable information relating to North Lancashire 
during the Tudor period will be available for historical 
students. 

The following is the complete list of the Society's publica- 
tions already printed or arranged for, up to the present 
time : 




1884-85. 



1885-86. 



1886-87. 



1887 




I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 
V. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

X. 

XI. 
XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 

XVIII. 



Commonwealth Church Survey. 

Index to the Wills at Chester, 1 545 to 1620. 

Lancashire Inquisitions. Stuart Period. 

Part I. 1603 to 161 3. 
IndextotheWillsatChester,i62itoi650. 
The Register of Prestbury, co. Chester, 

1560 to 1636. 
Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certi- 
ficates, 1600 to 1678. 
Lancashire and Cheshire Records. Part I. 
Lancashire and Cheshire Records. Part 1 1. 
Preston Guild Rolls, 1 397-1682. 
Index to the Lancashire Wills proved 

at Richmond, 1457 to 1680. 
Exchequer Depositions, 1558 to 1702. 
Miscellanies, Lancashire and Cheshire, 

Vol. I. 
Index to the Lancashire Wills proved 

at Richmond, 1680 to 1748. 
Annates Cestrienses. 
Index to the Wills at Chester, 1660- 1680. 
Lancashire Inquisitions. Stuart Period. 

Part II. 1 614 to 1622. 
Lancashire Inquisitions. Stuart Period. 

Part III. 1622 to 1625. 
Index to the Wills atChester, 1681 to 1700. 



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1888 



1889-90. 



1890-91. 



1891-92. 



XIX. Civil War in Cheshire. 
XX. Index to the Wills at Chester, 1701 to 1720. 
XXI. The Register of Leyland, co. Lancaster, 

1653 to 1715. 
XXII. Index to the Wills at Chester, 1 72 1 to 1 740. 

XXIII. Index to the Lancashire Wills proved 
at Richmond, 1748 to 1792. 

XXIV. The Royalist Composition Papers re- 
lating to Lancashire, Vol. I. A and B. 

XXV. Index to the Wills at Chester, 1741 to 

1760. 
XXVI. The Royalist Composition Papers re- 
lating to Lancashire. Vol. II. C to F. 

f XX VI I. Lancashire Lay Subsidies, Henry III. 
to Edward I. 
XXVIII. Plundered Ministers' Accounts, Lanca- 
shire and Cheshire. Parti. 1643-1654. 

Two volumes have been issued in each year, except on 
two occasions, when a single volume of more than average 
thickness was substituted for them. 

The Council regret to record the death of Mr. W. A. 
Abram, for many years a member of the Council. He 
edited the Preston Guild Rolls for the Society in 1 884. 

The Society has lost many of its members by death and 
other causes during the past few years, and the Council wish 
to direct special attention to the fact that the number 
of members is now below the 350 names to which the 
Society is limited, and they are most anxious that this 
should be remedied. The volumes issued to the members 
are of great value for the history of Lancashire and Cheshire, 
and the Council think it cannot be a difficult matter for the 
present members to interest their friends in a Society which 
has done, and is doing, such good work. 

I^° The Council must again refer to Rule 5, under which 
no volume can be delivered to any member whose 
subscription is in arrear. 



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Brierley, Henry, The Butts, Rochdale. 

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Buckley, G. F., Linfitt's House, Delph, Saddleworth. 

Burke, H. Famham, Somerset Herald, Heralds' College, London. 

Calvert, Richard, Walton-le-Dale, Preston. 

Carington, H. H. Smith, Stanley Grove, Oxford Road, Manchester. 

Carrington, W. A., Bakewell, Derbyshire. 

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Clegg, James W., Spring Hill House, High Crompton, Oldham. 
Clegg, J. T., West Hall, High Crompton, Oldham. 
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College, London. 
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Crompton, John, High Crompton, Oldham. 
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Crosse, Colonel T. R., Shaw Hill, Chorley. 
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Dames, R. S. Longworth, 21, Herbert Street, Dublin. 
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Davies-Colley, Thomas H., Hopedene, Higher Broughton, Man- 
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Chester. 
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Fletcher, J. S., Treherne House, West Hampstead, London, N.W. 
Fletcher, J. Walter, 19, Parliament Hill Road, Hampstead, 

London, N.W. 
Frost, F. A., Brightside, Altrincham, Cheshire. 

Gerhard, James, Euxton Estate Office, Euxton, Chorley. 
Gibson, James, Box 56, Salem, New York, U.S. A. 
Gill, Alfred, 14, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead. 
Gregson, W. E., Moor Lane, Great Crosby, Liverpool, 

Hall, John, The Grange, Hale, Cheshire. 

Hance, E. M., LL.B., School Board, Liverpool. 

Hankey, H. A., 23, Park Crescent, Portland Place, London, W. 

Hankinson, G. H., Woodlands Park, Altrincham. 

Haworth, William, 2, York Gate, Regent's Park, London, N.W. 

Healey, C. E. H. Chadwyck, 7, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London. 

Holden, Colonel, Reedley, Burnley. 

Holland, Edgar S., 45, Drury Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool. 

Hope, T. H., The Laburnums, Atherton, near Manchester. 

Hovenden, R., F.S.A., Park Hill Road, Croydon, Surrey. 

Hughes, H. R., Kinmel Park, Abergele. 

Irvine, W. Fergusson, 18, Devonshire Road, Claughton, Birkenhead. 

Jackson, W. F. Marsh, Smethwick, Staffordshire. 

Jeans, William Dampier, Winwick Street, Warrington. 

Johnson, J. H., 73, Albert Road, Southport. 

J6nes, James, Williamstrip Park, Fairford, S.O., Gloucestershire. 

Kelsall, John, Hinxton House, East Sheen, London, S.W. 
Kershaw, George, The Healds, Bowdon, Cheshire. 



xii List of Members, 

Knowles, James, Guildhall Chambers, Lloyd Stteet, Manchester. 

Law, William, Honorsfeld, Littleborough, Manchester, 
Leech, D. J., M.D , 96, Mosley Street, Manchester. 
Lees, Samuel, Park Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne. 
Legh, Lieut. -Col. Cornwall, High Legh, Knutsford. 
Lever, W. H., Thornton Manor, Thornton Hough, Cheshire. 
Library, Free Public, Ashton-under-Lyne. 

„ Flree, Barrow-in-Furness. 

„ Free, Birkenhead. 

„ Central Free, Birmingham. 

„ Free Public, Blackburn. 

„ Public, Bolton-le-Moors. 

„ British Museum, per F. Justen, care of Dulau & Co., 37^ 
Soho Square, London, W. ... 

„ University, Cambridge. '' 

„ Free Public, Chester. 

„ Chapter, Chester. 

„ Chester and North Wales Archaeological Society, Gfosvenor 
Museum, Cheister. 

„ Free, Edinburgh. 

„ Free Public, Hey wood, Lancashire. 

„ Public, Leeds. 

„ Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Royal' 
Institution, Liverpool. " 

„ Free, Leigh, I^ncashire. 

„ Athertseum, Liverpool. 

„ Free Public, Liverpool. 

„ Guildhall, London. 

„ Inner Temple, London. 

„ St. George's, Hanover Square, Buckingham Palace -Road, 
London. 

„ Chetham, Manchester. 

„ Free Public, Manchester. 

„ Lancashire College, Whalley Range, Manchester. 

,, Cathedral Manchester. ' _' 

„ Law, Kennedy Street, Manchester. f 

„ Owens College, Manchester. 

„ Portico, Manchester. 

,, Free, Nottingham. 
* „ Lyceum, Oldham. *■ 

„ Bodleian, Oxford. 

„ Dr. Shepherd's, Preston. 

„ Equitable Pioneers', Rochdale. 

„ Free Public, Rochdale. 

„ Royal Free, Peel Park, Salford. 

„ Central Free, Sheffield. 

„ Free, Southport. 

„ Free Public, St. Helens, 



List of Members. xiii 

Library, Leyland, Hindley, Wigan. 
„ Museum and, Warringtoii. 
„ Free, Wigan. 
„ Melbourne Free, c/o A^ent-General for Victoria, 15, 

Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. 
„ BibIiothi;que Nationale, Paris, per Th. Wohlleben, 45, 

Great Russell Street, London, W.C. 

„ Athenseum, Boston, U.S.A. 1 „, ~ .., o ■-„ i „j„,.„ 

Public, Boston, U.S.A. '-P^xtTw" ^^ Coj^ Ludgate 
;; Harvard College. U.S.A. ) "'"■ ^°"*^'^''' ^■'=- 
„ New York State, Albany, New York, \ per G. E. Stechert, 

U.S.A. f 30, Wellington 

„ Columbia College, New York City, f Street, Strand, 

U.S.A. } London, W.C. 

„ Public Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. J 
„ PennsylvaniaHistoricalSociety,Phila- / per B. F. Stevens, 4, 

delphia, U.S.A, . > Trafalgar Square, 

„ Silas Bronson, Waterbury, Connec- 1 London, W.C. 

ticut, U.S.A. ) 

„ Pennsylvania State, Harrisburg, Penn., U.S.A., c/oSampsoU 

Low & Co., Fetter Lane, London, B.C. 
„ Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A. "X 

„ Yale University, New Haven, Conn., | c/o E. G.^ Allen, 

U.S.A. I 28, Henrietta 

-' „ Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, > Street, Covent 

U.S.A. J Garden, 

„ The Watkinson, Hartford, Conn., I London, W.C. 

U. S.A. J 

„ Bute Historical Society of Wisconsin, U.S.A., c/o C. D. 

Cazenove, 26, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, 

W.C. 
„ Michigan State, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A. 
„ New Hampshire State, Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 
„ Worcester Free, Mass., U.S.A., per Kegan Paul & Ca, 
Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road, London. 
Literary and Philosopical Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
LongstaiT, G. B., M.A., Highlands, Putney Heath, London, S.W. 
Lockett, Richard Cyril, 34, Alexandra Drive, Liverpool. 

Marsden, The Rev. M. H., The Parsonage, Spalding: 
Marshall, G. W., LL.D., F.S.A., Rouge Croix, Samesfield 

Weobley, R.S.O. 
Massie, Admiral, Stanley Place, Chester. 
Monk, R. B. M. Lingard, Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire 
Mosley, Sir Oswald, Bart., Rolleston Hall, Burton-on -Trent. 

Newbigging, Thomas, C.E., 5, Norfolk Street, Manchester. 
New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 18, Sc 
Street, Boston, U.S.A. 



xiv Ltst of Members^ 

Nicholson, Major, 22, Bath wick Hill, Bath. 

Norcliffe, The Rev. C. B., M.A., Langton Hall, Malton, Yorkshire. 

Ormerod, Henry, M., 5, Clarence Street, Manchester. 

Pa'rker, Colonel John, Browsholme, Clitheroe. 
Parr, J. Charlton, Grappenhall Heyes, Warrington. 
Parr, T. W., The Grove, Cossington, near Leicester. 
Park, Philip, The Oaks, Penwortham, Preston. 
Parke, Herbert, Withnell, Chorley. 
Philips, Herbert, Sutton Oaks, Macclesfield. 
Pink, W. D., Leigh, Lancashire. 
Porritt, W. J., Helmshore, near Manchester. 
Powell, Ellison, Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue^ 
London, W.C. 

Radcliffe, R. D., M.A., F.S A., Old Swan, Liverpool. 

Renaud, Frank, M.D., F.S. A., Alderley Edge, Manchester. 

Ridgway, T. J., Wildersmoor House, Lymm, near Warrington. 

Robinson, A. J., Clitheroe Castle, Clitheroe. 

Roper, W. O., Lancaster. 

Roscoe, James, M.A., Oatlands, Harrogate. 

Royds, The Rev. C. Twemlow, Heysham Rectory, Lancaster. 

Ryland, John William, Rowington, near Warwick. 

Rylands, John Paul, F.S.A., Heather Lea, Charlesville, Birkenhead. 

Rylands, T. Glazebrook, F.S.A., Highfields, Thelwall, Warrington. 

Rylands, W. H.j F.S.A., Soc. Biblical Archaeology, 37, Great 

Russell Street, London, W.C. 
Rylands, Mrs., Longford Hall, Stretford, Manchester. 

Sandbach, John E., Brearley, Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-cum- 

Hardy, Manchester. 
Sanders, Rev. F., The Vicarage, Hoylake, Birkenhead. 
Sephton, The Rev. J., M.A., 90, Huskisson Street, Liverpool. 
Shaw, William A., M.A., 6, Lothair Villas, Hatfield, Herts. 
Slinger, Jonathan, Lancaster. 

Smith, J. C. C, Probate Registry, Somerset House, London. 
Stanning, Rev. J. H., M.A., The Vicarage, Leigh, Lancashire. 
Starkie, Colonel, Huntroyde, Burnley. 
Strangwayes, Thomas E., 8, Park Parade, Ashton-under-Lyne. 

Tatam, George, 60, Bassett Road, North Kensington, London, W. 
Tatton, T. E., Wythenshawe, Northenden. 
Taylor, Henry, F.S.A., Curzon Park, Chester. 
Taylor, Henry, 8, John Dalton Street, Manchester. 
Thornely, John, Flowery Field, Hyde, near Manchester. 
Threlfall, Henry S., 12, London Street, Southport. 
Tonge, W. Asheton, Alderley Edge, near Manchester. 
Tootell, G. H. Leigh, 17, West ClifT, Preston. 



List of Members, xv 

Toulmin, John, Guardian Office, Preston. 
Tristram, W. H., Darcy Lever Hall, Bolton. 
Tweedale, John, jun., The Moorlands, Dewsbury. 

Wagner, Henry, M.A., F.S.A., 13, Half Moon Street, London, W. 
Weldon, W. H., Norroy King of Arms, Heralds' College, London 

(2 copies). 
Westminster, The Duke of, K.G., Eaton, Chester. 
Whitaker, Francis, Duchy of Lancaster Office, London, W.C. 
Whitelegge, Rev. Canon, Chichester Lodge, Long Ditton, Surrey. 
Wilkinson, William, M.A., Middlewood, Clitheroe. 
Wilson, Colonel Edmund, Denison Hall, Leeds. 
Winder, T. H., 16, Wood Street, Bolton. 
Wood, Henry, Brooklands, Lewisham, Kent. 
Woods, Sir A. W., K.C.M.G., C.B., F.S.A., Garter King of Arms, 

Heralds' College, London. 
Woods, E. W., Walton House, near Warrington. 
Worsley, J. E., F.S.A., Winwick, Newton-le-Willows. 
Worsley, P. J., Rodney Lodge, Clifton, Bristol. 



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